Paradise Lost: A Norton Critical Edition (Norton Critical Editions)

“Teskey’s revised edition is as open as it is authoritative. There’s a genuine reverence for the poetic wisdom of Paradise Lost conveyed in these pages, and an equal sense that this is a poem we should be wrangling with on matters of race, religion, politics, and gender. New critical selections in each of those areas, augmented annotations, and a quick-reference Glossary of Names make this an ideal edition for learning―and for luxuriating in―this monumental poem.” ―RAYNA KALAS, Cornell University

This Norton Critical Edition includes:

• The 1674 text of Paradise Lost, with emendations and adoptions from the first edition and from the scribal manuscript. Spelling and punctuation have been modernized for student readers.
• An illuminating introduction and abundant explanatory annotations by Gordon Teskey.
• Source and background materials, including Milton’s greatest prose work, Areopagitica, in its entirety and key selections from the Bible.
• Topically arranged commentaries and interpretations―seventy-eight in all, thirty-nine of them new to the Second Edition―from classic assessments to current scholarship.
• A glossary of names and suggestions for further reading.

About the Series
Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format―annotated text, contexts, and criticism―helps students to better understand, analyze, and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.