A Guidebook to Paradise Lost

Download or read book A Guidebook to Paradise Lost written by Joe Nutt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paradise Lost has excited and provoked poets and critics for over 300 years. This introduction provides an accessible route into Milton's influential epic poem, guiding students through each of the twelve books by a combination of close textual analysis and summary of key themes and techniques. Without assuming prior knowledge, Nutt helps navigate the book's biblical and classical background and its relationship to seventeenth-century history. Focusing on developing the reading skills needed to approach this important and complex poem independently, A Guide to Paradise Lost is essential reading for all students of Milton.