Download e-book for kindle: Milton: Paradise Lost (Longman Annotated English Poets) by Alastair Fowler

Milton's Paradise Lost is likely one of the nice works of literature, of any time and in any language. Marked via Milton's attribute erudition it's a paintings epic either in scale and, notoriously, in ambition. for almost 350 years it has held iteration upon iteration of students, scholars and readers in rapt realization and its profound impression might be obvious in nearly each nook of Western tradition. First released in 1968, with John Carey's Complete Shorter Poems, Alastair Fowler's Paradise Lost is extensively stated to be the main authoritative variation of this compelling work.

An exceptional quantity of targeted annotation accompanies the entire textual content of the 1st (1667) variation, offering a wealth of contextual info to complement and increase the reader's adventure. Notes on composition and context are mixed with a transparent explication of the multitude allusions Milton referred to as to the poem's reduction. The notes additionally summarise and light up the monstrous physique of serious cognizance the poem has attracted, synthesizing the traditional and the trendy to supply a entire account either one of the poem's improvement and its reception. in the meantime, Alastair Fowler's invigorating advent surveys the entire poem and appears intimately at such concerns as Milton's theology, metrical constitution and, such a lot valuably, his advanced and imaginary astronomy. the result's a permanent landmark within the box of Milton scholarship and a useful advisor for readers of all levels.