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- "Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books": An Authoritative Text of the 1667 First Edition
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- 2007
- Published by: Duquesne University Press
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“Paradise Lost: A Poem Written in Ten Books”: An Authoritative Text of the 1667 First Edition is the first such presentation of the first edition of this major epic of English literature. Constructed as a 10-book version, the 1667 edition is a finished piece that is architecturally and numerically balanced, significantly differing from the now-standard 1674 version that appeared in 12 books.
This edition of the 1667 text also provides the opportunity to view the second edition of 1674 from a fresh perspective. Although the 1674 edition has customarily been adopted as the basis for modern publications of the poem, the availability now of this authoritative text of the 1667 edition invites a reconsideration of Milton’s original intentions in light of the changes made evident in the revised text. Full discussions include information about the alterations made in states of the text, errors that persisted, and the rationale of the edition presented here.
Table of Contents
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- Bibliographic Terms
- pp. vii-viii
- Note on the Text
- p. xvi
- Changes and Lack of Changes Made
- pp. 377-384
- Issues of the First Edition
- pp. 392-394
- Textual Variants
- pp. 395-414
- Textual Errors
- pp. 415-418
- Added Preliminary Material, 1668–69
- pp. 419-439
- Discussion of Added Preliminary Material
- pp. 440-449
- Further Changes in the Second Edition, 1674
- pp. 450-452
- Bibliography
- pp. 453-456
Additional Information
ISBN
9780820705217
Related ISBN(s)
9780820703930
MARC Record
OCLC
794700834
Pages
472
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No