John Milton,William Kerrigan,John Rumrich,Stephen M. Fallon
John Milton is, next to William Shakespeare, the most influential English poet, a writer whose work spans an incredible breadth of forms and subject matter. ,The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton ,celebrates this authorâ€™s genius in a thoughtfully assembled book that provides new modern-spelling versions of Miltonâ€™s texts, expert commentary, and a wealth of other features that will please even the most dedicated students of Miltonâ€™s canon. Edited by a trio of esteemed scholars, this volume is the definitive Milton for our time.,In these pages you will find all of Miltonâ€™s verse, from masterpieces such as Paradise Lostâ€“widely viewed as the finest epic poem in the English languageâ€“to shorter works such as the ,Nativity Ode, Lycidas,,, A Masque and ,Samson Agonistes,. Miltonâ€™s non-English language sonnets, verses, and elegies are accompanied by fresh translations by Gordon Braden. Among the newly edited and authoritatively annotated prose selections are letters, pamphlets, political tracts, essays such as ,Of Education, and ,Areopagitica,, and a generous portion of his heretical ,Christian Doctrine,. These works reveal Miltonâ€™s passionate advocacy of controversial positions during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth and Restoration periods. ,With his deep learning and the sensual immediacy of his language, Milton creates for us a unique bridge to the cultures of classical antiquity and medieval and Renaissance Christianity. With this in mind, the editors give careful attention to preserving the vibrant energy of Miltonâ€™s verse and prose, while making the relatively unfamiliar aspects of his writing accessible to modern readers. Notes identify the old meanings and roots of English words, illuminate historical contextsâ€“including classical and biblical allusionsâ€“and offer concise accounts of the authorâ€™s philosophical and political assumptions. This edition is a consummate work of modern literary scholarship.
Poetry,Classics,Literature,English Literature,Literature,17th Century,Reference,Literature,Fiction
The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton