'Paradise Lost': a poem in twelve books, or ten? From: Philological Quarterly | Date: March 22, 1995| Author: Hale, John K. | COPYRIGHT 1995 University of Iowa. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The twelve-book edition of John Milton's 'Paradise Lost' is the version regarded as canonical, but Miltonists have always been fascinated why Milton had deemed the restructuring from the original ten-book structure necessary. Previous answers are only inferences and do not fully explain the change thematically or structurally. An area which has not been fully examined is the external or biographical evidence. When examined, this shows the change from ten books to twelve is not out of structur...

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