A Study of Milton's Paradise Lost (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Study of Milton's Paradise Lost

IN arranging the materials of this little volume I have been governed by the purpose of furnishing a commentary which might, keeping step with the progress of the poem, to some extent answer the same end as annotations to special passages; and further by the desire of leading the reader gradually and easily to a comprehension of Milton's theory about super natural beings and events. The wish to avoid too abrupt a presentation of somewhat novel views has caused me to defer the treatment of allegorical and other difficult features, as a general thing, to the later chapters. The principles of interpretation, however. Which have been established, will enable the thought ful student to gather for himself the hidden meaning of passages not specifically explained.

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