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Here it is! Every professor's nightmare! Every student's dream come true! John Milton's overwhelming masterpiece, Paradise Lost - all 10,565 brain-busting lines of it, transformed into simple, everyday language! - the kind you and I speak and understand. Milton's poem is on each left hand page, and the Plain English version is across from it on the right. Corresponding numbered lines make for easy comparison. . . Milton made easy! A study aid like no other!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Paradise Really Lost
3 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
This book follows the same side-by-side format as the Paradise Lost: Parallel Prose Edition. However, here the poem is transformed into the absolute lowest common denominator of modern colloquial language. The critics have weighed in with their obligatory derision, but here are a few unexpected positives students have pointed out:
1. As you scan the sometimes outrageous interpretations, you're made to stop and look across to Milton's poem to see if he really could have said anything like that, only to find, surprisingly, he did -- a tricky way to lure reluctant readers to the very epic poetry they came here to avoid.
2. Young people are more likely to respond emotionally to the down-to-earth, sometimes even vulgar, interplay between Adam and Eve, than to the stately speeches of the original.
3. You get "in plain English" exactly who, where and what Milton is referring to in those many allusions to ancient history, the Bible, mythology, etc., whereas the Parallel Prose Edition generally uses the same obscure wording as the original.
1. As you scan the sometimes outrageous interpretations, you're made to stop and look across to Milton's poem to see if he really could have said anything like that, only to find, surprisingly, he did -- a tricky way to lure reluctant readers to the very epic poetry they came here to avoid.
2. Young people are more likely to respond emotionally to the down-to-earth, sometimes even vulgar, interplay between Adam and Eve, than to the stately speeches of the original.
3. You get "in plain English" exactly who, where and what Milton is referring to in those many allusions to ancient history, the Bible, mythology, etc., whereas the Parallel Prose Edition generally uses the same obscure wording as the original.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
THANK YOU!!
20 Jun 2009
Format:Paperback
This book saved my life! Why didn't somebody think of this years ago? Too obvious? Don't listen to the snobs. And don't be misled by the humorous bits on the covers. This is a serious work If you are struggling with Milton, this will save you hours and make your life a lot easier.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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31 Mar 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
You'll finally understand this old poem. Sure, it may not encompess EVERYTHING the original poem has to offer, but you can get the basic jist of it. And if you need to delve deeper, it comes with the original as well.
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