In this authoritative edition of John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost is presented in the original language of its 1674 publication, with explanatory annotations and word glosses.
Edited by one of the world's leading Milton scholars, the author of the acclaimed The Life of Milton (Blackwell 2000), which won the Milton Society of America's James Holly Hanford Book Award
Offers readers the opportunity to experience the brilliance and beauty of Paradise Lost as it was experienced by his contemporaries
Presents...
In this authoritative edition of John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost is presented in the original language of its 1674 publication, with exp...
Originally published in 1898 and reprinted many times after that, this book contains the texts of Milton's play Comus and his pastoral poem 'Lycidas', both written in the 1630s. Verity introduces the book with a biography of Milton and the history of each piece, and includes notes and a glossary at the end, as well as some critical opinions on both works by Milton's contemporaries. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Milton.
Originally published in 1898 and reprinted many times after that, this book contains the texts of Milton's play Comus and his pastoral poem 'Lycidas',...
In Samson Agonistes, Milton's last great work, he addresses questions that pressed insistently on the imagination of all who were unhappy with the changes wrought by the Restoration. How do we respond to the experience of defeat and to fears of having been abandoned by the divine? How do we know when our actions accord with divine will or when they are fuelled instead by our fallen desires and weaknesses? At what point do accommodation and compromise with an enemy become a failure of will? What constitutes true heroism? To what extent is violence justified in the cause of...
In Samson Agonistes, Milton's last great work, he addresses questions that pressed insistently on the imagination of all who were unhappy wit...
A major new edition of Milton's selected works of prose, including his political and doctrinal writings and the famous Areopagitica John Milton was celebrated and denounced in his own time both as a poet and as a polemicist. Today he is remembered first and foremost for his poetry, but his great epic Paradise Lost was published very late in his life, in 1667, and in his own time most readers more readily recognized Milton as a writer of prose. This superbly annotated new book is an authoritative edition of Milton's major prose works, including Of Education,...
A major new edition of Milton's selected works of prose, including his political and doctrinal writings and the famous Areopagitica ...
John Milton: Das verlorene Paradies Entstanden 1658-1663. Erstdruck (in zehn Buchern): London (Peter Parker, Robert Boulter and Matthias Walker) 1667. Endgultige Fassung (in zwolf Buchern): London (S. Simmons) 1674. Hier nach der Ubers. v. Adolf Bottger. Originaltitel: Paradise Lost Vollstandige Neuausgabe mit einer Biographie des Autors. Herausgegeben von Karl-Maria Guth. Berlin 2013. Textgrundlage ist die Ausgabe: Milton, John: Das verlorene Paradies. Ubers. v. Adolf Bottger, Leipzig: Verlag Philipp Reclam jun., o. J.]. Die Paginierung obiger Ausgabe wird in dieser Neuausgabe als...
John Milton: Das verlorene Paradies Entstanden 1658-1663. Erstdruck (in zehn Buchern): London (Peter Parker, Robert Boulter and Matthias Walker) 1667....
