The Poetical Works of John Milton

by John Milton , Edited by William Aldis Wright

• ISBN13: 9780521175937
• ISBN10: 0521175933
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 1903, this collection gathers together the poetry of John Milton in a single volume. The text is carefully edited by William Aldis Wright (1831-1914), a renowned scholar of the time and a Milton specialist. In the preface Wright explains the reasons behind favouring particular editions and various editorial judgements, the end result being an attempt to remain as close to Milton's original vision as possible. There are numerous critical notes, but in accordance with a generally unobtrusive approach, these are contained towards the end of the text. This remains a fine edition that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Milton scholarship and the history of English literature.

Table of Contents

A Paraphrase on Psalm CXIV

Psalm CXXXVI

On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough

At a Vacation Exercise in the College

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

Upon the Circumcision

The Passion

On Time

At a Solemn Music

Song on May Morning

On Shakespeare

On the University Carrier

Another on the Same

An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester

L'Allegro

Il Penseroso

Arcades

Comus

Lycidias

Sonnets

Translations

Nine of the Psalms Done into Metre

Psalms Done into Verse, 1653

Paradise Lost

Paradise Regained

Samson Agonistes

Latin Poems

Epigrammata

Sylvarum Liber

Notes

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