The Major WorksThis authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose - all the English verse together with a generous selection from the major prosewritings - to give the essence of his work and thinking.Milton's influence on English poetry and criticism has been incalculable, and this edition covers the full range of his poetic and political output. It includes Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes as well as major prose works such as Areopagitica and The Tenure of Kings andMagistrates. As well as all the English and Italian verse, the volume includes most of the Latin and Greek verse in parallel translation. Spelling has been modernized, and the poems are arranged in order of publication, essential to an understanding of the progress of Milton's career in relationto the political and religious upheavals of his time. The extensive notes cover syntax, vocabulary, historical context, and biblical and classical allusions. The introduction traces both Milton's changing conception of his own vocation, and the critical reception his work has received over the pastfour centuries. |
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... POEMS 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 On the Lord General Fairfax To the Lord General Cromwell To Sir Henry Vane the Younger To Mr Cyriack Skinner Upon his Blindness LATIN POEMS 85 85 86 86 1388888 Elegy 1. To Charles Diodati Elegy 2 ...
... POEMS 78 79 79 80 80 81 81 82 82 83 83 On the Lord General Fairfax To the Lord General Cromwell To Sir Henry Vane the Younger To Mr Cyriack Skinner Upon his Blindness LATIN POEMS 85 85 86 86 1388888 Elegy 1. To Charles Diodati Elegy 2 ...
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... POEM Elegaic Verses 163 PROSE WORKS From The Reason of Church Government 165 From An Apology for Smectymnuus 173 The ... POEMS Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes 355 619 671 FAMILIAR LETTERS 1674 To Charles Diodati , 1637 ...
... POEM Elegaic Verses 163 PROSE WORKS From The Reason of Church Government 165 From An Apology for Smectymnuus 173 The ... POEMS Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Samson Agonistes 355 619 671 FAMILIAR LETTERS 1674 To Charles Diodati , 1637 ...
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Contents
POEMS 1645 | 3 |
On the Morning of Christs Nativity Upon the Circumcision 301356 | 10 |
At a Solemn Music | 17 |
Penseroso | 25 |
Qual in colle aspro | 31 |
ENGLISH POEMS ADDED IN 1673 | 73 |
On the Same I did but prompt the age | 79 |
UNCOLLECTED ENGLISH POEMS | 85 |
Of Education | 226 |
Areopagitica | 236 |
The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates | 273 |
From Second Defence of the English People | 308 |
The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth | 330 |
Paradise Lost | 355 |
Paradise Regained | 619 |
Samson Agonistes | 671 |
On the Fifth of November | 124 |
To my Father | 135 |
To Salzilli | 141 |
Damons Epitaph | 149 |
GREEK POEM ADDED IN 1673 | 162 |
From An Apology for Smectymnuus | 173 |
The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce | 182 |
FAMILIAR LETTERS 1674 | 717 |
From Christian Doctrine | 723 |
Notes | 735 |
On the Lord General Fairfax | 786 |
Further Reading | 960 |
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