内容简介
EditedbyWilliamKerrigan，JohnRumrich，andStephenM.FallonThelegendaryauthorofParadiseLostandotherpoemswasalsoasuperbandprovocativeprosewriter.CulledfromModernLibrary’sdefinitiveTheCompletePoetryandEssentialProseofJohnMilton，thisindispensablecollection，authoritativelyannotatedandupdatedforthisnewvolume，nowincludesselectionsfromMilton’sCommonplaceBookandthecompletetextofTheTenureofKingsandMagistratesinadditiontoMilton’sletters，pamphlets，politicaltracts，andessays.Miltontacklesdiversesubjectsandtakescontroversialpositions，includingnotoriousdefensesofdivorceandprotestsagainstcensorship.Withexpertanalysis，achronologyoftheauthor’slife，cleanlayouts，andacomprehensiveindex，TheEssentialProseofJohnMiltonisaninvaluablekeepsake—abookboundtobearevelationforallreadersofthismonumentalauthor.“Meticulouslyedited，fulloftactfulannotationsthatsetthestageforhisworkandhistimes，andbringingMilton，asapoetandathinker，vividlyalivebeforeus.”—RobertHass，formerPoetLaureateoftheUnitedStates
作者简介
JohnMilton(1608–74),thegreatEnglishpoet,isbestknownforhisepicmasterpiece,ParadiseLost.Inadditiontowritingbrilliantverse,hewasamasterofpolemicalprose.Miltonwasaprivatetutorand,duringtheInterregnum,theSecretaryforForeignTonguesinOliverCromwell’sgovernment.WilliamKerrigan’spreviousbooksincludeTheSacredComplex:OnthePsychogenesisofParadiseLost,forwhichhewontheJamesHollyHanfordAwardoftheMiltonSocietyofAmerica.AformerpresidentoftheMiltonSociety,hehasearnednumerousdistinctionsfromthatgroup,includingitsawardforlifetimeachievement.HeisprofessoremeritusattheUniversityofMassachusetts.JohnRumrichistheauthorofMatterofGlory:ANewPrefacetoParadiseLostandMiltonUnbound:ControversyandReinterpretation.Anaward-winningeditorandwriter,heisThamanProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofTexasatAustin,whereheteachesearlymodernBritishliterature.StephenM.FallonistheauthorofMilton’sPeculiarGrace:Self-RepresentationandAuthorityandMiltonAmongthePhilosophers:PoetryandMaterialisminSeventeenth-CenturyEngland,winneroftheMiltonSociety’sHanfordAward.ArecipientoftheMiltonSociety’slifetimeachievementaward,heistheJohnJ.CavanaughProfessorintheHumanitiesattheUniversityofNotreDame.GordonBraden(translator)isLindenKentMemorialProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofVirginiaandco-author,withWilliamKerrigan,ofTheIdeaoftheRenaissance.,,,,,
