“Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books”
An Authoritative Text of the 1667 First Edition
Edited by John T. Shawcross and Michael Lieb
“Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books”
An Authoritative Text of the 1667 First Edition
Edited by John T. Shawcross and Michael Lieb
This authoritative text of the first edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost transcribes the original 10-book poem, records its textual problems and numerous differences from the second edition, and discusses in critical commentary the importance of these issues.
- Description
- Bio
- Table of Contents
- Sample Chapters
- Subjects
John T. Shawcross (1924–2011) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Kentucky. He was the author of numerous books, including With Mortal Voice: The Creation of Paradise Lost, and a two-time winner of the James Holly Hanford Book Award for the most distinguished book on Milton.
Michael Lieb (1940–2022) was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was the author, editor, or coeditor of numerous books, including Theological Milton: Deity, Discourse and Heresy in the Miltonic Canon and The Miltonic Samson, the latter of which won the 1996 Irene Samuel Memorial Award of the Milton Society of America.
Bibliographic Terms
Preface
Note on the Text
Paradise lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books
Book I
Book I
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Book VII
Book VIII
Book IX
Book X
Discussion of the Edited Text
Changes and Lack of Changes Made
The First Edition of Paradise lost (With Comment on the Second Edition and the Manuscript)
Issues of the First Edition
Textual Variants
Textual Errors
Added Preliminary Material, 1668–69
Discussion of Added Preliminary Material
Further Changes in the Second Edition, 1674
Bibliography
Download a PDF sample chapter here: Preface
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