tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post4076873216420601197..comments2023-05-02T09:08:52.494-05:00Comments on Resistance is futile: Paradise Lost, by John MiltonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-83453494926548344052013-02-21T14:41:42.346-06:002013-02-21T14:41:42.346-06:00Thanks for your fast response! I'm normally pa...Thanks for your fast response! I'm normally partial to Norton editions, but the price on the B&N is hard to beat.Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14517445977587698345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-17321246657097874472013-02-20T12:56:24.637-06:002013-02-20T12:56:24.637-06:00I'd say the Norton Edition is better for under...I'd say the Norton Edition is better for understanding the text, yes. The "modernized" spelling and punctuation clarifies the meaning a lot. Mostly, it's a punctuation issue for me. Teskey's punctuation helps a lot for understanding the flow of the verse. The notes in the Norton Edition are less copious than the ones in the Barnes and Noble Edition, but they provide enough explanation for me. <br /><br />By far, the best notes are in the Riverside Milton. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-4305962253925046282013-02-20T12:17:37.985-06:002013-02-20T12:17:37.985-06:00Do you find the Norton edition considerable better...Do you find the Norton edition considerable better than the B&N for understanding the text? I'm debating which edition to get.Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14517445977587698345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-44547488281357756622012-12-05T07:54:41.143-06:002012-12-05T07:54:41.143-06:00Yeah, it most certainly is dense. There are so man...Yeah, it most certainly is dense. There are so many different layers of understanding. There's the literal meaning layer, then there's the religious allegory, the political allegory, the personal (blindness) allegory, the poetic imagery, the literary allusions, and on and on. Right now, I'm just focusing on literal and then I'll go back and try to get some understanding of the allegories. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974988315420539840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863301599557441497.post-80088785119486434322012-12-04T15:15:18.314-06:002012-12-04T15:15:18.314-06:00this is quite a tough challenge you've taken o...this is quite a tough challenge you've taken on. Paradise Lost is wonderful but it's not for the faint hearted because Milton's style is so dense with imagery and allusion. I love Book 9 (the temptation) and even though it is 30 something years since I studied it at school I can still remember the final lines. Somewhat nerdy maybe!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05415811109852633395noreply@blogger.com