Editing Paradise Lost (section)

===Publication===
In the 1667 version of ''Paradise Lost'', the poem was divided into ten books. However, in the 1674 edition, the text was reorganized into twelve books.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Forsythe |first1=Neil |title=The Satanic Epic |date=2002 |publisher=Princeton University}}</ref> In later printing, "Arguments" (brief summaries) were inserted at the beginning of each book.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Teskey |first=Gordon |url=https://archive.org/details/paradiselostauth00milt_0/page/ |title=Paradise Lost: A Norton Critical Edition |publisher=Norton |year=2005 |isbn=978-0393924282 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/paradiselostauth00milt_0/page/ xxvii–xxviii] |chapter=Introduction}}</ref> Milton's previous work had been printed by [[Matthew Simmons (printer)|Matthew Simmons]] who was favoured by radical writers. However he died in 1654 and the business was then run by [[Mary Simmons]]. Milton had not published work with the Simmons printing business for twenty years. Mary was increasingly relying on her son Samuel to help her manage the business and the first book that [[Samuel Simmons (printer)|Samuel Simmons]] registered for publication in his name was ''Paradise Lost'' in 1667.<ref>{{Cite ODNB |title=Matthew Simmons (et al) |date=2004-09-23 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/69230 |editor-last=Matthew |editor-first=H. C. G. |access-date=2023-07-27 |place=Oxford |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/69230 |editor2-last=Harrison |editor2-first=B.}}</ref>