This edition is a consummate work of modern literary scholarship.

Since its publication by Odyssey Press in 1935, Hughes' richly annotated edition -- revised in 1962 -- remains the preferred text of many instructors.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.

John Milton was a master of almost every type of verse, from the classical to the religious and from the lyrical to the epic. This is a new selection of his poems, edited and introduced by Claire Tomalin.

Originally published in 1896, this book presents the text of the ninth and tenth books of Milton's Paradise Lost, in which humanity succumb to satanic temptation and are ejected from the Garden of Eden.

The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men.