Paradise Lost, 9780199535743
Paperback
Pride, ambition, and the fall: an epic poem of disobedience.
  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2008

Summary

Paradise Lost: A Timeless Epic of Sin and Redemption

‘Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world… Sing heavenly muse’

From its initial publication in 1667, Paradise Lost has been hailed as a classic. This edition allows readers to fully appreciate the audacity of Milton’s undertaking and the astonishing success it achieved and maintains.

Across twelve books, Milton crafts an epic poem ai…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199535743
ISBN-10:0199535744
Series:Oxford World's Classics
Author:John Milton, Stephen Orgel, Jonathan Goldberg
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:30 June 2008
Weight:253g
Dimensions:195mm x 129mm x 18mm
About The Author

John Milton

Stephen Orgel’s most recent book is Imagining Shakespeare (Palgrave Macmillan, 2003). He is the author of books on Shakespeare and Ben Jonson and has edited The Tempest and The Winter’s Tale for The Oxford Shakespeare. He is the general of the New Pelican Shakespeare.

Among Jonathan Goldberg’s many books on early modern literature and culture are Reclaiming Sodom (Routledge, 1994) and Desiring Women Writing: EnglishRenaissance Examples (Stanford UP, 1997).

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