With an Introduction and Notes by Laurence Lerner, formerly Professor of English at the University of Sussex. 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) and Comus (the one masque which is still read today). When the Civil War began Milton abandoned poetry for politics and wrote a series of pamphlets in defence of the Parliamentary party, then in defence of the execution of Charles I: these include his great defence of the freedom of the press, Areopagitica. In the course of this work he lost his sight, and was blind for the last twenty years of his life. During this time he wrote his two great epics, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, and his retelling of the story of Samson as a Greek tragedy.
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Publisher
Wordsworth Editions LTD
ISBN-13
9781853264108
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90939577
Product Key Features
Book Title
The English Poems of John Milton
Author
John Milton
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Poetry
Publication Year
1994
Number of Pages
624 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
385g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
John Milton
Series Title
Wordsworth Poetry Library
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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