Reading Paradise Lost

by David Hopkins

Book Overview

Reading Paradise Lost

"This lucid and entirely jargon-free guide to Paradise Lost will help any reader of the poem to find their feet, and to understand what makes it the best poem in the English language. Hopkins has one, and only one, resemblance to Milton's Satan, which is that he can make intricate seem straight."
Colin Burrow, Oxford University

"This is the best introduction to Paradise Lost there is, suitable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007J7BL0
• ISBN13: 9781118471005
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"