[PDF] A Preface To Milton eBook

Author : Lois Potter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317874404

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A highly readable and illustrated introduction to the work of Milton, which provides both a biographical account of the poet and his influences, and a critical survey of his poetry.

Author : C.S. Lewis
Publisher : London : Oxford University Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 35,36 MB
Release : 1960
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :

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Author C. S. Lewis examines John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and the epic genre, discussing epic technique, subject matter, and style and the elements of Milton's story.

Author : J. Wittreich
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 2015-12-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230601421

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Wittreich demonstrates why Milton may prove to be the poet for the new millennium, in a book of interest to scholars and general readers. It engages the canonical Milton, as well as the Milton of popular culture, and uses the tools of theory- especially affective stylistics and reception history, to read Milton in his historical moment and our own.

Author : William Blake
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,82 MB
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mystical journey to correct his own spiritual errors. William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was a poet, painter, visionary mystic, and engraver. During his life the prophetic message of his writings were understood by few and misunderstood by many. However Blake is now widely admired for his soulful originality and lofty imagination. The poetry of William Blake is far reaching in its scope and range of experience. The poems of William Blake can offer a profound symbolism and also a delightful childlike innocence. Whatever the inner meaning of Blake's poetry we can easily appreciate the beautiful language and lyrical quality of his poetic vision.

Author : Lois Potter
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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"This invaluable account provides an excellent introduction to the life and works of Milton. Clearly and concisely it outlines his life and cultural background and their effect on his work, setting him firmly in th context of the tumultuous times in which he lived. It also examines his major works, including Paradise Lost [and] looks at important people in Milton's life and their effect on him. In this fascinating introduction to Milton, Lois Potter leaves us in no doubt about the importance of this great blind poet in the history of English Literature." -- Back cover

Author : William Blake
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691001487

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Milton is a difficult and cryptic poem for those uninitiated in the ways of Blake's allusive and allegorical style. In an introductory essay, the editors directly address the nature of the poem's complexity, demonstrate how Blake's methods set out to disconcert conventional concepts of time, space, and human identity, and suggest some ways readers coming to Milton for the first time can understand and enjoy the challenges it offers. The editors also present a plate-by-plate commentary on how the illustrations contribute to the creation of a composite, visual-verbal experience. The extensive notes to the newly-edited letterpress text will also assist readers through Milton, its central themes and its byways, its heights and its depths. An equally helpful introduction and notes are provided for the three shorter works. Scholars will find much new information in this volume.

Author : John Milton
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 1410 pages
File Size : 12,15 MB
Release : 2009-10-28
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0307419487

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John Milton is, next to William Shakespeare, the most influential English poet, a writer whose work spans an incredible breadth of forms and subject matter. The Complete Poetry and Essential Prose of John Milton celebrates this author’s genius in a thoughtfully assembled book that provides new modern-spelling versions of Milton’s texts, expert commentary, and a wealth of other features that will please even the most dedicated students of Milton’s canon. Edited by a trio of esteemed scholars, this volume is the definitive Milton for our time. In these pages you will find all of Milton’s verse, from masterpieces such as Paradise Lost–widely viewed as the finest epic poem in the English language–to shorter works such as the Nativity Ode, Lycidas,, A Masque and Samson Agonistes. Milton’s non-English language sonnets, verses, and elegies are accompanied by fresh translations by Gordon Braden. Among the newly edited and authoritatively annotated prose selections are letters, pamphlets, political tracts, essays such as Of Education and Areopagitica, and a generous portion of his heretical Christian Doctrine. These works reveal Milton’s passionate advocacy of controversial positions during the English Civil War and the Commonwealth and Restoration periods. With his deep learning and the sensual immediacy of his language, Milton creates for us a unique bridge to the cultures of classical antiquity and medieval and Renaissance Christianity. With this in mind, the editors give careful attention to preserving the vibrant energy of Milton’s verse and prose, while making the relatively unfamiliar aspects of his writing accessible to modern readers. Notes identify the old meanings and roots of English words, illuminate historical contexts–including classical and biblical allusions–and offer concise accounts of the author’s philosophical and political assumptions. This edition is a consummate work of modern literary scholarship.