“Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books” - An Authoritative Text of the 1667 First Edition

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.

About the author

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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Michael Lieb (Editor), Lieb Michael (Editor), John T. Shawcross (Editor), Shawcross John T. (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2023
• EAN: 9780271095455
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09545-5
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 907 g
• Series: Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary Criticism, Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600