paradise lost

"One girl must unlock the secrets within Paradise Lost to save her father's life"--Provided by publisher.

Contains a selection of critical essays written in response to John Milton's "Paradise Lost" over the course of history, from the seventeenth through the twentieth century.

A study guide to the seventeenth-century work "Paradise Lost," by John Milton, providing information about the author, facts about the characters, summaries and commentaries on the text, and review questions.

Presents John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," in which Satan attempts to exact revenge on God after being cast out of Heaven, and includes explanatory notes; source texts such as Bible selections and prose works by Milton; and forty-eight works of criticism by such figures as John Dryden, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, Northrop Frye, Stanley Fish, and Helen Vendler.

Describes how C.S. Lewis's Narnia series was influenced by Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen" and John Milton's "Paradise Lost" focusing on the depiction of evil, female characters, symbolic landscapes and settings, and spiritual concepts.

A guide to reading "Paradise Lost" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample test, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Clarifies the complexities of Milton's poem and highlights its relevance to our own time.