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Milton's major epic poem, "Paradise Lost" is an important text for all students of English literature. This new guide leads readers with detailed commentary on core sections and a range of interpretations and contexts. The poem's rich classical, theological, and political context is clearly explained, allowing readers to understand the major concerns within and beyond the content of the text. This volume is suitable for readers coming to the text for the first time or teaching the text at university level. The book includes contextualized and annotated sections of the poem organized into…mehr

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Milton's major epic poem, "Paradise Lost" is an important text for all students of English literature. This new guide leads readers with detailed commentary on core sections and a range of interpretations and contexts. The poem's rich classical, theological, and political context is clearly explained, allowing readers to understand the major concerns within and beyond the content of the text. This volume is suitable for readers coming to the text for the first time or teaching the text at university level. The book includes contextualized and annotated sections of the poem organized into sections: Hell, Heaven, Paradise, The Narrator. Reisner explores in detail the major approaches to Milton and provides a guided analysis of style and form. The volume includes innovative suggestions for teaching and advice and guidance for further reading.
Reading Guides to Long Poems Series Editors: Isobel Armstrong & Sally Bushell The series enables readers to re-engage with the long poem as a vital form. Volumes provide generous extracts, or in some cases complete poems, from significant works combined with a reading guide and teaching tips from enthusiastic lecturers who have taught the poem. A hands-on guide to this famous epic poem Noam Reisner leads readers through the complexities of Milton's celebrated and challenging narrative poem as well as introducing them to the key critical views. The guide combines an introduction to the poem's main thematic and stylistic concerns together with discussion of important selected passages (substantial extracts from the text are included) and provides readers with a basic set of critical tools with which to interpret the text. Key Features * Detailed discussion of select passages from the poem divided into three interrelated sections - 'concepts and themes', 'style and form' and 'historical-political context' - for easy reference * Provides a general guide to teaching the text - first time teachers will find many suggestions for teaching as well as templates for teaching the poem in different course formats. * Up-to-date annotated bibliography Noam Reisner is a Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University.
Autorenporträt
Noam Reisner (BA, M.Phil, D. Phil), born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1974, a dual British-Israeli national. After completing his D.Phil degree at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, hewas appointed Plumer Research Fellow at St. Anne's College where he continued with his research on early modern literature and undertook teaching for the college. In 2008 he took up a lectureship in English at Tel Aviv University.