A guidebook to Paradise lost

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A guidebook to Paradise lost

Joe Nutt

Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

  • : pbk

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Summary: "This book provides an accessible route into Milton's complex epic poem, guiding students through the text by a combination of close textual analysis and summary of key themes and techniques. Assuming limited biblical or classical knowledge, it focuses on developing the reading skills necessary for tackling this canonical text"--Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Paradise Lost has excited and provoked poets and critics for over 300 years. This introduction provides an accessible route into Milton's influential epic poem, guiding students through each of the twelve books by a combination of close textual analysis and summary of key themes and techniques. Without assuming prior knowledge, Nutt helps navigate the book's biblical and classical background and its relationship to seventeenth-century history. Focusing on developing the reading skills needed to approach this important and complex poem independently, A Guide to Paradise Lost is essential reading for all students of Milton.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Milton and his England: The Historical and Biographical Context of Paradise Lost Religious Mythology Epic Voyage Redemption and Free Will Paradise Perturbed Wilful Transgression War in Heaven Genesis Divine Love and Love Divine Wiles and Wilfulness Crime and Punishment Loss of Paradise Banishment and Hope Further Activities and Reading.

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