CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

REFERENCES AND ABBREVIATIONS

A CHRONOLOGY OF MILTON’S LIFE

MINUTES OF THE LIFE OF MR. JOHN MILTON, BY JOHN AUBREY

A NOTE ON THE TEXT

PARADISE LOST

Introduction to Prefatory Poems

Book I • Book II • Book III • Book IV
Book V • Book VI • Book VII • Book VIII
Book IX • Book X • Book XI • Book XII

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WORKS CITED

About the Editors