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My then 21 year old daughter is an English major at the University of Arizona. She's been assigned to read a number of interesting literary works which I, as a business major in my youth, have never read. I picked up her copy of "Paradise Lost" one day and read the biographical info of John Milton, inserted in the beginning. It was so interesting that I asked her if I could borrow her copy. She told me after she was done with her class that semsster it would be ok. I waited until she was done with her final and then borrowed her book. I packed it around with me from place to place. Since it was a paperback it was getting bent and worn around on the covers. So I decided to buy a newer copy and return that copy to my daughter, while I kept the worn copy for myself. I am a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) by religion. As I read Milton's writings I noticed more and more how Mr. Milton had, without intending to, "infringed" on a number of LDS beliefs as I progressed through his work. I say "infringed" in a tongue-in-cheek manner, since Milton died over 150 years before Joseph Smith established the LDS Church in 1830. Milton's perceptions of God the Father, Jesus Christ / Jehovah, the war in heaven in which Lucifer was cast out of heaven and became Satan, all have some similarities (albeit with some glaring disparities also) with Latter-day Saint beliefs. It was a beautiful labor to try and work my way through Milton's masterpiece. I say "labor" because of his style of language used in this work, much like the style of language used by the King James translators of the Old Testament. Paradise Lost was first published 50 - 60 years after the King James translation of the Bible was first released. A labor it was, but well worth the effort to read this work. I won't try to evaluate the entire book at this point. But I thought it was only fitting that the work should end on it's hopeful note, where Adam and Eve, though sorrowful were escorted from the Garden of Eden into the present world by compassionate angels, and were determined to live as devoted followers of a loving God. This was truly a fitting concluding stage for Milton's work of beauty. There is no telling how many people have been inspired by this epic work and have been encouraged to seek a closer relationship to God by having read it. This copy of Paradise Lost was in excellent condition (like new). It also contains a number of other essays written by Milton as well. Some of them are political in nature. Others are more centered on philosopy and/or religion. This book makes a great introduction to the work of John Milton for the willing students of great literature.Read full review
It's a great tool to be taught with. I remember using it years ago in another class, that's why I bought it this time around. I would buy it again and again. It's not only just the full book of Paradise Lost but its got criticism among other aspects. I would recommend this to anyone who would be doing a 30 page paper or a 3 page paper on Paradise Lost.
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