John Milton

Broschiertes Buch

L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, And Lycidas

Beschreibung

A luminous doorway into England's poetic heart, L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, And Lycidas invites readers to walk the fields of memory and imagination in one continuous, living voice. This edition presents Milton's versatile quartet as a single, compelling exercise in form and theme: a renaissance poetry collection that blends pastoral nature imagery with spirited lyricism and moral, religious inquiry. It moves from the bucolic to the sublime, tracing the rival temperaments of mirth and contemplation, darkness and light, in a way that feels both intimate and universal. The result is more than a reprint; it is a complete poetry collection reimagined for today's readers and tomorrow's scholars, a bardic lyric anthology that lends itself to university poetry course study and thoughtful individual discovery alike. Historically, the poems anchor seventeenth century england and the jacobean england era, bearing the weight of English metaphysical poetry and enduring literary conversation. This illustrated poetry edition enhances the experience, inviting fresh attention to craft, cadence, and imagery while preserving Milton's enduring influence-opening pathways to paradise lost analysis and beyond. For casual readers, it is a vivid, accessible entry into a storied canon; for classic-literature collectors, a refined, cultural treasure that speaks to both reverence and delight. Alpha Editions restores a treasured voice for contemporary readers and future generations.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alpha Editions
• Seitenzahl: 50
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 89g
• ISBN-13: 9789354947643
• ISBN-10: 9354947646
• Artikelnr.: 62608306