A Guidebook to Paradise Lost

ISBN-13: 9780230536647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Joe Nutt

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

JOE NUTT is currently Principal Consultant at CfBT Education Trust and previously taught English at the City of London School. He is the author of An Introduction to Shakespeare's Late Plays and John Donne: The Poems.

Blurb

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.