John Milton : the major works

Authors:John Milton, Stephen Orgel, Jonathan Goldberg

Summary:This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose -- all the English verse together with a generous selection from the major prose writings -- to give the essence of his work and thinking. Milton's influence on English poetry and criticism has been incalculable, and this edition covers the full range of his poetic and political output. It includes Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes as well as major prose works such as Areopagitica and The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates. As well as all the English and Italian verse, the volume includes most of the Latin and Greek verse in parallel translation. Spelling has been modernized, and the poems are arranged in order of publication, essential to an understanding of the progress of Milton's career in relation to the political and religious upheavals of his time. The extensive notes cover syntax, vocabulary, historical context, and biblical and classical allusions. The introduction traces Milton's changing conception of his own vocation, and the critical reception his work has received over the past four centuries.

Print Book, English, 2003

Edition:[Rev. ed.] View all formats and editions

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Physical Description:xxxii, 966 pages ; 20 cm.

ISBN:

9780192804099, 019280409X

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:56730866

Subjects:

1500-1700

Poets, English Early modern

Poets, English Early modern, 1500-1700

Contents:

Introduction

Acknowledgements

xxviii

Chronology

xxix

Note on the Text

xxxi

Letter to a Friend (?1633)

(2)

Poems 1645

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

(7)

A Paraphrase on Psalm 114

(1)

Psalm 136

(2)

The Passion

(2)

On Time

(1)

Upon the Circumcision

(1)

At a Solemn Music

(1)

An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester

(2)

Song. On May Morning

(1)

On Shakespeare: 1630

(1)

On the University Carrier

(1)

Another on the Same

(1)

L'Allegro

(3)

II Penseroso

(5)

(`O nightingale')

(1)

(`Donna leggiadra')

(1)

(`Qual in colle aspro')

(1)

Canzone

(1)

(`Diodati, e te'l diro')

(1)

(`Per certo')

(1)

(`Giovane piano')

(1)

(`How soon hath time')

(1)

(`Captain or colonel')

(1)

(`Lady, that in the prime')

(1)

(`Daughter to that good earl')

(1)

Arcades

(3)

Lycidas

(5)

A Masque...Presented at Ludlow Castle [`Comus']

(29)

English Poems Added in 1673

On the Death of a Fair Infant

(2)

At a Vacation Exercise

(3)

(`A book was writ of late')

(1)

On the Same (`I did but prompt the age')

(1)

To Mr H. Lawes (`Harry whose tuneful')

(1)

(`When faith and love')

(1)

On the Late Massacre in Piedmont

(1)

(`When I consider how my light is spent')

(1)

(`Lawrence of virtuous father')

(1)

(`Cyriack, whose gandsire')

(1)

(`Methought I saw my late espoused saint')

(1)

The Fifth Ode of Horace

(1)

On the New Forcers of Conscience

(2)

Uncollected English Poems

On the Lord General Fairfax

(1)

To the Lord General Cromwell

(1)

To Sir Henry Vane the Younger

(1)

To Mr Cyriack Skinner Upon his Blindness

(2)

Latin Poems

To Charles Diodati

(4)

On the Death of the Cambridge University Beadle

(2)

On the Death of the Bishop of Winchester

(4)

To His Tutor, Thomas Young

(6)

On the Approach of Spring

104

(8)

To Charles Diodati, Staying in the Country

112

(4)

(`Nondum blanda tuas leges')

116

(8)

[Epilogue to the Elegies]

122

(2)

On the Fifth of November

124

(10)

To my Father

134

(6)

To Salzilli

140

(2)

Manso

142

(6)

Damon's Epitaph

148

(14)

Greek Poem Added in 1673

On the Engraver of his Portrait

162

(1)

Uncollected Latin Poem

Elegaic Verses

163

(2)

Prose Works

From The Reason of Church Government

165

(8)

From An Apology for Smectymnuus

173

(9)

The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce

182

(44)

Of Education

226

(10)

Areopagitica

236

(37)

The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates

273

(35)

From Second Defence of the English People

308

(22)

The Ready and Easy Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth

330

(25)

Major Poems

Paradise Lost

355

(264)

Paradise Regained

619

(52)

Samson Agonistes

671

(46)

Familiar Letters 1674

To Charles Diodati, 1637

717

(2)

To Benedetto Buonmattei, 1638

719

(2)

To Leonard Philaris, 1654

721

(2)

From Christian Doctrine

723

(12)

Notes

735

(225)