by John Milton · DOVER PUBN INC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780486275543
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«Selected Poems» is John Milton's poetry anthology, published by Dover Publications in paperback (128 pages, in English).
Selection of twenty short poems by John Milton, best known for the epic «Paradise Lost». Includes pieces such as «L'Allegro» and «Il Penseroso», the masque «Comus», the elegy «Lycidas» and the drama «Samson Agonistes», as well as sonnets like «On His Blindness». The collection reveals the author's erudition and his mastery of rhythm and metre.
Belongs to the Dover Thrift Editions series and includes alphabetical indexes of titles and first lines.
Aimed at readers of English poetry and literature students; recommended reading from age 14.
John Milton was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost was written in blank verse and included 12 books, written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan, and God's expulsion of them from the Garden of Eden. Paradise Lost elevated Milton's reputation as one of history's greatest poets. He also served as a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under its Council of State and later under Oliver Cromwell.
