Mike Edwards is an experienced teacher and lecturer specialising in English Literature. He is the author of several books in the 'Analysing Texts' series.

'John Milton: Paradise Lost offers a reliable, intelligent, if somewhat stolid, guide for first-time readers of the poem. [...] It ... offer[s] basic principles of interpretation that are clear, unintimidating, and repeatable regardless of the practitioner's level of proficiency.' - Andrea Walkden in 'Milton Quarterly'

• General Editor's PrefaceHow to Use this BookA Note on TextsAbbreviations and ReferencesPART I: ANALYSING 'PARADISE LOST'Milton's Conception in 'Paradise Lost'The Epic StructureGod, His Son, the Angels and the Realms of LightSatan, the Rebel Angels and their World of DarknessAdam, Eve and their Perfect ParadiseThe Fall and its AftermathTowards a Paradise WithinPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSMilton's Life as it Relates to 'Paradise Lost'The Context of 'Paradise Lost'Some Critical ApproachesNotesFurther Reading and BibliographyGlossaryAppendix A: Characteristics of EpicAppendix B: Examples of Milton's Rhetoric Index.

Mike Edwards is an experienced teacher and lecturer specialising in English Literature. He is the author of several books in the 'Analysing Texts' series.

'John Milton: Paradise Lost offers a reliable, intelligent, if somewhat stolid, guide for first-time readers of the poem. [...] It ... offer[s] basic principles of interpretation that are clear, unintimidating, and repeatable regardless of the practitioner's level of proficiency.' - Andrea Walkden in 'Milton Quarterly'

• General Editor's PrefaceHow to Use this BookA Note on TextsAbbreviations and ReferencesPART I: ANALYSING 'PARADISE LOST'Milton's Conception in 'Paradise Lost'The Epic StructureGod, His Son, the Angels and the Realms of LightSatan, the Rebel Angels and their World of DarknessAdam, Eve and their Perfect ParadiseThe Fall and its AftermathTowards a Paradise WithinPART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICSMilton's Life as it Relates to 'Paradise Lost'The Context of 'Paradise Lost'Some Critical ApproachesNotesFurther Reading and BibliographyGlossaryAppendix A: Characteristics of EpicAppendix B: Examples of Milton's Rhetoric Index.