As poet, statesman, and pamphleteer, John Milton remains one of the singular champions of liberty in the annals of history. Even in his mediations on theology Milton strove to demonstrate that liberty -- of conscience -- is one of the inviolable rights of free peoples. He published several revolutio[...]
John Milton was arguable one of the best-read persons of his epoch. Milton's book reveals that in addition to the thoroughly humanistic education he received at Trinity College Cambridge, he also conducted an extensively broad reading program of his own. This biblically annotated edition of Paradise[...]
Originally published in 1933, this book contains the Latin text of Milton's Epitaphium Damonis, alongside a rhyming English translation.[...]
John Milton (1608-74) has a strong claim to be considered the greatest English poet after Skakespeare. His early poems, collected and published in 1645, include the much loved pair 'L'Allegro' and 'Il Penseroso' ('the cheerful man and the thoughtful man'), 'Lycidas' (his great elegy on a fellow poet[...]
With their supporting material, the Norton Critical Editions of Milton's Selected Poetry and Prose and Paradise Lost (ISBN 978 0 393 92428 2) are together the essential texts for studying John Milton. This edition includes Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, Comus, Paradise Regained, eighteen sonnets as well[...]
Students and scholars will rejoice that the famed works of John Milton (1608-1974) now join those of Chaucer and Shakespeare in the definitive, one-volume Riverside series. Milton's early poetry is here and his important prose, but pride of place is given to his epics, PARADISE LOST and PARADISE REG[...]
Originally published in 1892, this book presents the text of the fifth and sixth books of Milton's Paradise Lost.[...]
Originally published in 1896, this book presents the text of the ninth and tenth books of Milton's Paradise Lost.[...]
Edited by William Kerrigan, John Rumrich, and Stephen M. Fallon
The legendary author of "Paradise Lost" and other poems was also a superb and provocative prose writer. Culled from Modern Library's definitive "The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton," this indispensable collection[...]
"Winner of the James Holly Hanford Prize given by the Milton Society of America An exporation into the mind of John Milton that probes deeper than previous biographical studies, John Shawcross's award-winning text examines the psychological underpinnings of Milton's decision to become a poet, the ho[...]
The text of Milton's masterpiece has been freshly edited and is accompanied by a detailed introduction and expanded explanatory annotations. Spelling and punctuation have been modernised, the latter within the limits imposed by Milton's syntax. Relevant passages from the Bible and Milton's prose wri[...]
Since its publication by Odyssey Press in 1935, Hughes' richly annotated edition -- revised in 1962 -- remains the preferred text of many instructors.[...]