The Complete Works of John Milton: Volume XI
Manuscript Writings
Published on 14. August 2019
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-19-958522-9 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first edition to collect together Milton's non-poetic manuscript writings. It is also the first edition of Milton's Commonplace Book manuscript to provide both the original text and a full translation and commentary. Additional sections furnish editions of Milton's draft ideas for dramas from the Trinity College manuscript, as well as his surviving presentation inscriptions. Full biobibliographies and indexes are also provided. This edition is an essential resource for any scholar wishing to understand the development of Milton's thought as assisted by or reflected in his reading.
Reviews / Votes
This volume is a consummate work of scholarship and a masterly contribution to the Oxford Milton. It provides everything that a narrowly focused Miltonist might wish for, but it also sees these materials as more than fodder for footnotes to Milton's published writings by locating Milton in the broader world of seventeenth-century scholarship, librarianship, and traffic in books...It is well worth adding to personal or institutional libraries. * Jason A. Kerr, Milton Quarterly *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
740 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-958522-9 (9780199585229)
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Person
William Poole was born and educated in St Andrews, and then at New College and Linacre College, Oxford, from 1995 to 2000. He was then Research Fellow at Downing College, Cambridge, and returned in 2004 to New College as a Tutorial Fellow in English. He is also the Fellow Librarian. His research lies in early modern literary, intellectual, and scientific history, and he has strong interests in bibliography, palaeography, and the history of libraries.
Content
Part I: The Commonplace Book
Part II: Ideas for Dramas from the Trinity College Manuscript
Part III: Exempla of Printed Works by Milton with Presentation Inscriptions
Appendix: The Theme on Early Rising Attributed to Milton
Part II: Ideas for Dramas from the Trinity College Manuscript
Part III: Exempla of Printed Works by Milton with Presentation Inscriptions
Appendix: The Theme on Early Rising Attributed to Milton