The Cambridge Companion to Paradise Lost

doi:10.1017/CCO9781139333719

Fifteen short, accessible essays exploring the most important topics and themes in John Milton's masterpiece, Paradise Lost. The essays invite readers to begin their own independent exploration of the poem by equipping them with useful background knowledge, introducing them to key passages, and acquainting them with the current state of critical debates. Chapters are arranged to mirror the way the poem itself unfolds, offering exactly what readers need as they approach each movement of its grand design. Part I introduces the characters who frame the poem's story and set its plot and theological dynamics in motion. Part II deals with contextual issues raised by the early books, while Part III examines the epic's central and final episodes. The volume concludes with a meditation on the history of the poem's reception and a detailed guide to further reading, offering students and teachers of Milton fresh critical insights and resources for continuing scholarship.

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The Cambridge Companion toParadise Lost - Half title page
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Series page
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The Cambridge Companion toParadise Lost - Title page
pp v-v
- By Louis Schwartz
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Copyright page
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Contents
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Contributors
pp ix-x
- By W. Gardner Campbell, John Creaser, Karen L. Edwards, Stephen M. Fallon, Mary C. Fenton, Neil Forsyth, Maggie Kilgour, William Kolbrener, Shannon Miller, Joad Raymond, John Rumrich, Jeffrey Shoulson, William Shullenberger, Victoria Silver, Paul Stevens
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Preface
pp xi-xiv
- By Louis Schwartz
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Note on the Text and List of Abbreviations
pp xv-xvi
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Part I
pp 1-54
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1 - Milton as Narrator inParadise Lost
pp 3-16
- By Stephen M. Fallon
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2 - Satan
pp 17-28
- By Neil Forsyth
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3 - Things of Darkness: Sin, Death, Chaos
pp 29-41
- By John Rumrich
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4 - The Problem of God
pp 42-54
- By Victoria Silver
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Part II
pp 55-122
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5 - Classical Models
pp 57-67
- By Maggie Kilgour
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6 - Milton’s Bible
pp 68-80
- By Jeffrey Shoulson
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7 - The Line inParadise Lost
pp 81-93
- By John Creaser
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8 - The Pre-Secular Politics ofParadise Lost
pp 94-108
- By Paul Stevens
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9 - Cosmology
pp 109-122
- By Karen L. Edwards
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Part III
pp 123-192
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10 - Imagining Eden
pp 125-137
- By William Shullenberger
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11 - Milton’s Angels
pp 138-151
- By Joad Raymond
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12 - Gender
pp 152-163
- By Shannon Miller
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13 - Temptation
pp 164-178
- By W. Gardner Campbell
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14 - Regeneration in Books 11 and 12
pp 179-192
- By Mary C. Fenton
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Part IV
pp 193-210
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15 - Reception
pp 195-210
- By William Kolbrener
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Index
pp 211-216
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