John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' : : A Reading Guide / / Noam Reisner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Reisner, Noam,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems : RGLP
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Series Editors’ Preface --; Chapter 1 Mapping and Making Paradise Lost --; Chapter 2 Text, Commentary and Analysis --; Chapter 3 Teaching the Text --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748646098; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748646098
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Noam Reisner.

Noam Reisner leads readers through the complexities of Milton's celebrated and challenging narrative poem as well as introducing them to the key critical views. The guide combines an introduction to the poem's main thematic and stylistic concerns together with discussion of important selected passages (substantial extracts from the text are included) and provides readers with a basic set of critical tools with which to interpret the text.Key FeaturesDetailed discussion of select passages from the poem divided into three interrelated sections - 'concepts and themes', 'style and form' and 'historical-political context' - for easy referenceProvides a general guide to teaching the text - first time teachers will find many suggestions for teaching as well as templates for teaching the poem in different course formatsUp-to-date annotated bibliography