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Editors’ Choice: A Macro-Etymological Analysis of Milton’s Paradise Lost

The following describes an experiment in macro-etymological analysis of Milton’s
Paradise Lost, whereby the origins of the epic’s words are quantified
by book, section, and speaker. This experiment hopes to reveal trends in
the voices and resonances of the poem’s etymological registers that
invite the reader to imagine Biblical or classical parallels.

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