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The Complete English Poems
by
John Milton
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Introduction by Gordon Campbell
John Milton wrote poetry of such sublime beauty that he managed, through its universal influence, to transform the character of the English language.
From his astonishing epic Paradise Lost, with its magnificent blank verse and mesmerizing characters, to the tragic brilliance of Samson Agonistes, Milton engaged th...more
Introduction by Gordon Campbell
John Milton wrote poetry of such sublime beauty that he managed, through its universal influence, to transform the character of the English language.
From his astonishing epic Paradise Lost, with its magnificent blank verse and mesmerizing characters, to the tragic brilliance of Samson Agonistes, Milton engaged th...more
Hardcover, 620 pages
Published
December 15th 1992
by Everyman's Library
(first published 1884)
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John Milton in VOLUME FOUR of the Harvard classics feels like semi-automatic catharsis. One of his poems, an early composition on the passion of Christ Milton quit halfway, hid this gem:
Befriend me, Night, best Patroness of grief!
Over the pole thy thickest mantle throw,
And work my flattered fancy to belief
That Heaven and Earth are coloured with my woe;
My sorrows are too dark for day to know:
The l...more
John Milton in VOLUME FOUR of the Harvard classics feels like semi-automatic catharsis. One of his poems, an early composition on the passion of Christ Milton quit halfway, hid this gem:
Befriend me, Night, best Patroness of grief!
Over the pole thy thickest mantle throw,
And work my flattered fancy to belief
That Heaven and Earth are coloured with my woe;
My sorrows are too dark for day to know:
The l...more
I was introduced to the first two books of paradise lost as an A-level set text back in school when I was seventeen. Satan raising his standard in hell remains for me an image of that man of blood, Charles Stuart, raising his standard of rebellion and perpetual war in Nottingham.
I particularly recommend audio versions of this work to experience it as it was originally composed. Milton, who had become blind in the service of the English Republic, is said to have dictated the poem to h...more
I particularly recommend audio versions of this work to experience it as it was originally composed. Milton, who had become blind in the service of the English Republic, is said to have dictated the poem to h...more
So this book has all of Milton's poetry annotated and compiled into one volume, but I'm mostly interested in Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, both of which I read as an undergrad and was astonished to discover I loved. Studying literature and Bible side by side opened my eyes to how many of our ideas and images from the Bible do not originate in the scriptures, but in the pages of classical literature, specifically the works of Dante and Milton. Virtually every stereotypical image of angel...more
Mind broadening, juxtaposition and unparalleled delving into the minds and thoughts of, what we often gloss over, Lucifer and God, concerning heaven and hell, war , struggle, sacrifice, eternal loss and redemption.
Would have been lost without Claire Tomalin's footnotes on historical context and interpretation. Learnt quite a lot about Greek Gods and The English Civil War to boot!
I had not read Milton for years and when I did, it was required reading. After re-reading Paradise Lost--and Regained--I ordered Blake's Milton from the Folio Society in England. Ouch, 90 or so pounds, but what a treat! Yes, I've decided that our educational system may have gone a bit astray in the late 60's when dead white European males fell out of favor. Now, before going off to write my American Studies phD thesis on "The Secret Life of TV Pundits" I plan to spend some time again ...more
Well, doesn't this look nice?
I was loving this until I got to Paradie Lost. I'm putting this away until I have to perform an act of penance.
kind of read. i realized i found paradise lost too long the first time around. there are about 150 pages of miscellaneous collected poems i also didn't read. but i read paradise regained for the first time, and that was pretty interesting (and much shorter.) i didn't know that it focuses mainly on the temptation of christ, and that's it!
I'm in the midst of this as a part of my Milton class. I'm learning the depths of allusion and Biblical mysticsm. And the poetic tradition of brag-adociousness. Milton to Mos Def...that would be a class!
This is a portable. scholarly edition of Milton's poems. It is fully annotated, so there's no guessing about the words.
Okay, I'll confess I didn't read all of this. But I did read the sonnets, and I like them. Milton, of course, is a genius.
OH my God. So painful.
I do enjoy his earlier poetry, but Paradise Lost just made my eyes glaze over.
I do enjoy his earlier poetry, but Paradise Lost just made my eyes glaze over.
Not all of the poetry Milton wrote is as great as Paradise Lost, e.g., Paradise Regained.
... Farewell happy fields,
Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors!
Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors!
How can you not give 5 stars to Milton?
They also serve who only stand and waite.
Paradise Lost.
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John Milton was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed for his epic poem Paradise Lost, Milton is celebrated as well for his eloquent treatise condemning censorship, Areopagitica. Long considered the supreme English poet, Milton experienced a dip in popularity after attacks by T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis in the mid 20th century; but with multip...more
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