{"product_id":"paradise-lost-9781405129299","title":"Paradise Lost","description":"In 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 \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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50334507041042,"sku":"9781405129299","price":51.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6ec2636-0e0e-4bab-b71b-a0149c7ca5af.jpg?v=1727890121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/paradise-lost-9781405129299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}