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The Text of Paradise Lost : A Study in Editorial Procedure / R.G. Moyles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Moyles, R.G., Author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost--Criticism, Textual.
- Milton, John.
- Paradise lost (Milton, John).
- England.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 188 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This study traces the transmission history of the poem, Paradise Lost, from its first appearance in 1667, through the eighteenth century with its emphasis on conjectural criticism, to the present century when it was subjected to unwarranted 'restoration.'
- Contents:
- Cover; PREFACE; 1 The Original Texts: A Question of Authority; 2 The Transmission of Paradise Lost: The Early Editions, 1678-1730; 3 Towards a Definitive Text: Richard Bentley to Thomas Newton, and After; 4 Orthography: The Modern Editorial Preoccupation; 5 Punctuation: A Question of Grammar and Rhetoric; 6 Editing Paradise Lost; APPENDIX; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)
- ISBN:
- 1-4875-7665-X
- OCLC:
- 1121070297
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