Paradise Lost: A Student's Companion to the Poem"A serious reading of Milton's Epic--basic enough to help novice readers and original enough in places to interest seasoned readers." --Seventeenth-Century News |
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Contents
Historical Context | 1 |
Importance of the Work | 6 |
Critical Reception | 12 |
A READING | 21 |
The Story of All Things | 25 |
Darkness Visible | 28 |
Hail Holy Light | 42 |
Never Since Met Such | 58 |
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