John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost (1667) is a literary landmark for writers, critics and students around the world. His reworking of Biblical tales of the loss of Eden constitutes not only a gripping literary work, but a significant musing on fundamental human concerns ranging from freedom and fate to conscience and consciousness. Designed for students new to Milton's complex, lengthy work, this sourcebook: *outlines the often unfamiliar contexts of seventeenth-century England which are so crucial to Paradise Lost *completes the contextual study with a chronology and reprinted documents...