The Poems Of John Milton
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Reading copy. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some yellowing, minor damage and sticker residue visible on lower portion of the dust jacket; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed — tanning visible on pages consistent with age; glue residue on endpapers. Markings: Minimal annotations and underlining in grey lead. Binding: Appears intact.
A cornerstone of English literary heritage, The Poems of John Milton presents the complete poetic works of one of the greatest writers in the English language, in a scholarly edition prepared for the prestigious Annotated English Poets series. Spanning the full arc of Milton's career, the collection includes towering works such as Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the elegiac Lycidas, alongside his early lyrics and sonnets. Editors John Carey and Alastair Fowler bring rigorous academic commentary and detailed annotations, illuminating the theological, classical, and historical contexts that shaped Milton's monumental verse. The result is an authoritative and accessible edition that serves both the dedicated scholar and the passionate reader of seventeenth-century English poetry.
Author: John Milton (Edited By John Carey And Alastair Fowler)
Format: Hardback
Published: 1972, Norton
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Condition: Reading copy. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some yellowing, minor damage and sticker residue visible on lower portion of the dust jacket; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed — tanning visible on pages consistent with age; glue residue on endpapers. Markings: Minimal annotations and underlining in grey lead. Binding: Appears intact.
A cornerstone of English literary heritage, The Poems of John Milton presents the complete poetic works of one of the greatest writers in the English language, in a scholarly edition prepared for the prestigious Annotated English Poets series. Spanning the full arc of Milton's career, the collection includes towering works such as Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the elegiac Lycidas, alongside his early lyrics and sonnets. Editors John Carey and Alastair Fowler bring rigorous academic commentary and detailed annotations, illuminating the theological, classical, and historical contexts that shaped Milton's monumental verse. The result is an authoritative and accessible edition that serves both the dedicated scholar and the passionate reader of seventeenth-century English poetry.