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Book SynopsisA splendid student edition. Remarkably fresh and uncluttered, it offers strong historical context as well as specific linguistic guidance for the modern reader. Priority goes to the poetry and the decision to return to original spelling proves no hindrance but rather seems to deepen the reader's engagement with the texts.
Trade Review“This new edition gives us an accurate picture of how Milton’s publication of his shorter poems evolved across a lifetime. Its main strength, in my opinion, is that Revard will introduce readers who might otherwise not have considered Milton as a literary polyglot to the 1645 Poemata and other Latin and Italian poems in their proper contexts, which cannot but enrich such readers’ understanding of Milton’s work.” (Milton Quarterly, 2011)
“A splendid student edition. Remarkably fresh and uncluttered, it offers strong historical context as well as specific linguistic guidance for the modern reader. Priority goes to the poetry and the decision to return to original spelling proves no hindrance but rather seems to deepen the reader's engagement with the texts. An outstanding edition which is easy to handle and to use.”
"Original spelling and punctuation are retained, and in all other ways the volume prioritizes accessibility and clarity, with chronology, introductions to each section and ample but not swamping footnotes to each poem. The introductory essays do not assume scholarly knowledge, and they make every poem seem vibrant, and vital to Milton's development as a writer."(TLS, April 2010)
Margaret Kean, St. Hilda’s College, University of Oxford
Table of ContentsNote on This Edition xii
Acknowledgments xii
List of Illustrations xiii
Chronology xiv
Textual Introduction xxi
Introduction to the 1645 Volume: Poems of Mr. John Milton 1
English and Italian Poems 11
Introduction to the Poemata, 1645 125
Elegiarum Liber Primus 143
Sylvarum Liber 203
Introduction to Poems, &c. Upon Several Ocassions, 1673 289
Latin and Greek Poems Added in 1673 339
Poems Added to Sylvarum Liber In 1673 342
Sonnets Published in 1694 357
Unpublished Latin Poems 369
Appendix 513
Select Bibliography 545
Textual Notes 555
