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050		4	_aPR3562 _b.L278 2012
100	1		_aLares, Jameela, _d1950-
245	1	2	_aA Variorum commentary on the poems of John Milton. _nVolume 5, part 8 _h[electronic resource]. _cby Jameela Lares; edited by P.J. Klemp.
250			_a1st eBook ed.
260			_aPittsburgh, Pa. : _bDusquesne University Press, _c2012. _e(Baltimore, Md.: _fJohns Hopkins University Press, Project MUSE, _g2012) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (xxii, 393 p.) :) _bdigital file.
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-374) and index (p. 375-393).
505	0		_aAbbreviations of Milton's writings -- Preface by P.J. Klemp -- Acknowledgements -- A note on the annotations -- Commentary -- Introductory note -- Book 11 -- Book 12 -- Works cited -- Index.
520	3		_aThis volume surveys all important and influential line-by-line commentary published between 1667 and 1970 on the impressive conclusion to Paradise Lost in books 11-12. In these last two books, Milton has taken the account of biblical history known to all his contemporaries and rendered it fresh by having the archangel Michael relate it to Adam in ways only partly suggested by the original text. In a series of visions in book 11, Michael shows Adam the results of his disobedience, and by a narration in book 12 the promise and revelation of "the greater Man" promised at the epic's beginning (1.5). Adam and Eve move from repentant sorrow to invigorated hope, with the world before them and guided by Providence. The biblical influences on these last two books would have been instantly recognizable to Milton's original audience, but the helpful notes in this volume identify biblical references and other theological matters for modern audiences. Similarly, Milton's classical references to Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Seneca, and others are located and explained, along with Milton's use of patristic, medieval, and early modern authors as well as later authors' use of Milton. This volume will challenge the longstanding idea that the last two books of Paradise Lost are in any way inferior to the rest of the epic or unrelated to it. Besides the helpful introduction that traces the arguments over the value of the last books, the commentary to books 11 and 12 also demonstrates how many important and influential arguments about the epic are tied into these books. Successfully synthesizing a huge mass of Milton scholarship, Lares presents complex ideas clearly and succinctly.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
610	1	0	_aMilton, John _x1608-1674. _tParadise lost.
610	1	0	_aMilton, John _x1608-1674 _zCriticism, Textual.
650		0	_aPoetry, _xCriticism, Textual.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aKlemp, P.J.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780820704463
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780820705828/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c36153 _d36153