Blake's and Donne's "Golden Compasses" (PDF)
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Keats on "negative capability"
[A fuller transcription of the letter in which JK coined this famous phrase.]
Oxford English Dictionary
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The Bible
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NetBible
[Searchable text translated by scholars "from the best currently available Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek texts," with commentary by translators. Use especially with Nyquist reading on Genesis.]
JSTOR Journal Archive
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Catholic Encyclopedia
[A useful resource for questions about Christian belief, even though Milton was not Catholic.]
Early editions: 1667a (
PDF), 1668a (PDF), 1668b (PDF), and 1674 (PDF) — Title pages and front matter for Book I from different years.
John Dryden, "State of Innocence" — Paradise Lost in rhymed verse, by Milton's younger contemporary. (Act 1, Scene 1.)
Sources for The Golden Compass (PDF)