
Comus
John Milton(Author)
A. W. Verity(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 23. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
190 pages
978-1-316-63337-3 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1909, this book contains the complete text of Milton's Comus, together with an editorial introduction, glossary and a selection of his early poems. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Milton and English literature.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
162 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-316-63337-3 (9781316633373)
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Persons
John Milton (9 December 1608 - 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual, who served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost (1667).
Writing in English, Latin, Greek, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime, and his celebrated Areopagitica (1644), written in condemnation of pre-publication censorship, is among history's most influential and impassioned defences of freedom of speech and freedom of the press. His desire for freedom extended into his style: he introduced new words (coined from Latin) to the English language, and was the first modern writer to employ non-rhymed verse outside of the theatre or translations.
William Hayley's 1796 biography called him the greatest English author, and he remains generally regarded as one of the preeminent writers in the English language, though critical reception has oscillated in the centuries since his death (often on account of his republicanism). Samuel Johnson praised Paradise Lost as "a poem which...with respect to design may claim the first place, and with respect to performance, the second, among the productions of the human mind," though he (a Tory and recipient of royal patronage) described Milton's politics as those of an "acrimonious and surly republican." Poets such as William Blake, William Wordsworth and Thomas Hardy revered him.
Content
Note; Introduction; Comus; Notes; Glossary; Appendix. Certain opinions on Comus and Milton's early poems.