"A beautiful new edition from Oxford.... Pullman's a shrewd choice for commentator. He's thrilled many young readers with 'His Dark Materials,' a fantasy trilogy inspired by his reading of Milton. In fact, with his commentary to guide us, this edition of 'Paradise Lost' seems backlit by Pullman's own epic."--Los Angeles Times
"What his volume lacks in learned detail, it amply makes up for in verve and sweep and in the sheer pleasure derived from Milton's language.... Presented in this way, the poem is so enticing that readers may ultimately agree with Mr. Pullman that 'no one, not even Shakespeare, surpasses Milton in his command of the sound, the music, the weight and taste and texture of English words.'"--Wall Street Journal
"A handsome, lean new edition of John Milton's astonishing Christian epic.... Novelist Philip Pullman is a delightful companion on the trip through the book."--Ron Smith, Richmond Times-Dispatch
