
Paradise Lost
Parallel Prose Edition
John Milton(Author)
Dennis Danielson(Editor)
Broadview Press Ltd
Published on 23. February 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-1-55481-097-0 (ISBN)
Description
John Milton's epic story of cosmic rebellion and the beginning of human history has long been considered one of the greatest and most gripping narratives ever written in English. Yet its intensely poetic language, now-antiquated syntax and vocabulary, and dense allusions to mythical and Biblical figures make it inaccessible to many modern readers. This is, as the critic Harold Bloom wrote in 2000, "a great sorrow, and a true cultural loss."
Dennis Danielson aims to open up Milton's epic for a twenty-first-century readership by providing a fluid, accessible rendition in contemporary prose alongside the original. The edition allows readers to experience the power of the original poem without barriers to understanding.
Dennis Danielson aims to open up Milton's epic for a twenty-first-century readership by providing a fluid, accessible rendition in contemporary prose alongside the original. The edition allows readers to experience the power of the original poem without barriers to understanding.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
United States
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55481-097-0 (9781554810970)
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Persons
Dennis Danielson is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia. He is the editor of The Cambridge Companion to Milton and author of Milton's Good God: A Study in Literary Theodicy, among other titles.