The Poetical Works of John Milton

Originally published in 1903, this collection, edited by William Aldis Wright, gathers together the poetry of John Milton in a single volume.

John Milton (Author), William Aldis Wright (Edited by)

9780521175937, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 2 June 2011

634 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 3.6 cm, 0.68 kg

Originally published in 1903, this collection gathers together the poetry of John Milton in a single volume. The text is carefully edited by William Aldis Wright (1831–1914), a renowned scholar of the time and a Milton specialist. In the preface Wright explains the reasons behind favouring particular editions and various editorial judgements, the end result being an attempt to remain as close to Milton's original vision as possible. There are numerous critical notes, but in accordance with a generally unobtrusive approach, these are contained towards the end of the text. This remains a fine edition that will be of value to anyone with an interest in Milton scholarship and the history of English literature.

1. A Paraphrase on Psalm CXIV
2. Psalm CXXXVI
3. On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough
4. At a Vacation Exercise in the College
5. On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
6. Upon the Circumcision
7. The Passion
8. On Time
9. At a Solemn Music
10. Song on May Morning
11. On Shakespeare
12. On the University Carrier
13. Another on the Same
14. An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester
15. L'Allegro
16. Il Penseroso
17. Arcades
18. Comus
19. Lycidias
20. Sonnets
21. Translations
22. Nine of the Psalms Done into Metre
23. Psalms Done into Verse, 1653
24. Paradise Lost
25. Paradise Regained
26. Samson Agonistes
27. Latin Poems
28. Epigrammata
29. Sylvarum Liber
Notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]