The Essential Paradise Lost av John Carey

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<p>After its publication in 1667, John Milton¿s <i>Paradise Lost</i> was celebrated throughout Europe as a supreme achievement of the human spirit. <br><br> Now it is little read. To bring readers back to Milton¿s masterpiece, John Carey has shortened it to a third of its original length. In this fascinating reinterpretation, Carey reveals new insights about Milton¿s sources of inspiration, while exploring divided readings of the work¿s key characters. <br><br><i>The Essential Paradise Lost</i> presents the epic¿s greatest poetry, with linking passages that preserve its cosmic sweep ¿ from the superhuman defiance of a ruined archangel to a pair of tragic lovers, bewildered to find themselves responsible for the fate of the whole human race.</p>