{"product_id":"paradise-lost-paperback-20","title":"Paradise Lost - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara K. Lewalski\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Milton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this authoritative edition of John Milton's epic poem, \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is presented in the original language of its 1674 publication, with explanatory annotations and word glosses. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eEdited by one of the world's leading Milton scholars, the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Milton\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell 2000), which won the Milton Society of America's James Holly Hanford Book Award\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers readers the opportunity to experience the brilliance and beauty of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e as it was experienced by his contemporaries\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e in its original 1674 form\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates accidentals (spelling and punctuation) from the 1674 edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecovers Miltonic rhythms, pronunciations, and sound qualities often lost in modern editions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAnnotates names, places, biblical and literary allusions, and unfamiliar words\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes illustrations by John Baptista Medina from the 1688 Folio edition\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis authoritative edition of Milton's great epic, \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, presents the poem in the original language (spelling and punctuation) of its 1674 publication. It thereby recovers pronunciations, sonorities, and rhythms often lost in modernized editions. Barbara K. Lewalski offers readers the opportunity to experience the brilliance and beauty of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e as that poem was experienced by Milton's contemporaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a brief historical and critical introduction, Lewalski also provides judicious explanatory annotations that clarify names and places, identify biblical and literary allusions, and gloss unfamiliar words. She includes as well a textual apparatus of variant readings, a select bibliography, and several illustrations from the 1688 Folio edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLewalski's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of three paperback volumes presenting authoritative texts of the complete poetry and major prose of John Milton in original language, thereby making these texts readily available to students and scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara K. Lewalski\u003c\/b\u003e is William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English Literature and of History and Literature at Harvard University. She is author of the definitive critical biography, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Milton\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2000), which won the Milton Society of America's James Holly Hanford Book Award, and which has been widely celebrated. Her many other publications include \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost and the Rhetoric of Literary Forms \u003c\/i\u003e(1985); \u003ci\u003eMilton's Brief Epic: The Genre, Meaning and Art of Paradise Regained\u003c\/i\u003e (1966); and \u003ci\u003eProtestant Poetics and the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric\u003c\/i\u003e (1979).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.5 x 6.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47351146152185,"sku":"9781405129299","price":84.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/OTliWkJRMDd5VmNJczhVZmZab1dBdz09.webp?v=1769795368","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/paradise-lost-paperback-20","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}