John Milton's Paradise Lost

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<P>John Milton''s epic poem <EM>Paradise Lost</EM> (1667) is a literary landmark. His reworking of Biblical tales of the loss of Eden constitutes not only a gripping literary work, but a significant musing on fundamental human concerns ranging from freedom and fate to conscience and consciousness.</P><P>Designed for students new to Milton''s complex, lengthy work, this sourcebook:</P><P>* outlines the often unfamiliar contexts of seventeenth-century England which are so crucial to <EM>Paradise Lost</EM><BR>* completes the contextual study with a chronology and reprinted documents from the period<BR>* examines and reprints a broad range of responses to the poem, from early reactions to recent criticism<BR>* reprints the most frequently studied passages of the poem, along with extensive commentary and annotation of unfamiliar or significant terms used in Milton''s work<BR>* provides cross-references between the textual, contextual and critical sections of the sourcebook, to show how all