Eden Renewed: Public and Private Life of John Milton
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This is an account of the life and career of John Milton. The book traces the development of Milton's poetry from the Latin intimations of his boyhood through the lyrical poems of his youth, "Lycidas", "Comus" and the "Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity" to the achievements of "Paradise Lost" and "Samson Agonistes", offering Levi's own interpretations of the poems and placing them in the context of Milton's contemporaries and his times. Levi's own translations of some of Milton's Latin poems are also included.
Author: Peter Levi
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 130mm x 197mm, 240 g
Published: 1997, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Biography: Literary
Description
This is an account of the life and career of John Milton. The book traces the development of Milton's poetry from the Latin intimations of his boyhood through the lyrical poems of his youth, "Lycidas", "Comus" and the "Hymn on the Morning of Christ's Nativity" to the achievements of "Paradise Lost" and "Samson Agonistes", offering Levi's own interpretations of the poems and placing them in the context of Milton's contemporaries and his times. Levi's own translations of some of Milton's Latin poems are also included.
Eden Renewed: Public and Private Life of John Milton