ABSTRACT
This masterly edition contains all of Milton's English poems, with the exception of Paradise Lost, together with translations and texts of all his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. First published in 1968 - and substantially updated in 1996 - John Carey's edition has, with Alastair Fowler's Paradise Lost, established itself as the pre-eminent edition of Milton's poetry, both for the student and the general reader. Hailed as 'a very Bible of a Milton', the extensive notes and headnotes serve to illuminate the wealth of Milton's allusions and to synthesize the judgements and disagreements of a bewildering array of modern critics. Each headnote sets out details of composition and context which will deepen any reader's appreciation of the poetry, while also providing a concise overview of the critical and scholarly debates that continue to flame around the work of one of the greatest poets in the English language. Steeped in learning though it undoubtedly is, it is also an unfailing light to those who wish to plot their own path through the dazzling riches of Milton's imagination.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |412 pages
The Minor Poems and Samson Agonistes
chapter 9|2 pages
Elegia secunda. In Obitum Praeconis Academici Cantabrigiensis
chapter 18|5 pages
Elegia tertia. In Obitum Praesulis Wintonienis
chapter 21|3 pages
De Idea Platonica quemadmodum Aristoteles intellexit
chapter 38|1 pages
On the University Carrier
chapter 58|2 pages
Ad Salsillum poetam Romanum aegrotantem. Scazontes
part |98 pages
Paradise Regained