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Complete Poems and Major Prose (edição: 2003)

de John Milton (Autor)

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First published by Odyssey Press in 1957, this classic edition provides Milton's poetry and major prose works, richly annotated, in a sturdy and affordable clothbound volume.
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Título:Complete Poems and Major Prose
Autores:John Milton (Autor)
Informação:Hackett Publishing (2003), 1088 pages
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I have this fine book and have read especially the parts about Adam and Eve in 'Paradise Lost.'

Some day maybe I'll read more Milton. ( )
  mykl-s | Mar 24, 2023 |
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  pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 |
Finally, I made it to Milton! Reading this as an adult was a real treat. There are three larger sections and this is a long review, but this work as a whole seems to be under-reviewed and deserves comment. Additionally, there may be some spoilers, though basic familiarity with Biblical stories will have already provided them as well.

The first section is short poetry. Milton's poems use pastoral life, the Greek and Roman Gods, and Christian beliefs to comment on the deaths of acquaintances and friends, corruption in the clergy, virtue, divorce, and what for him would be some modern political events. Much of it is written in Latin and translated and some of it is Milton's translation from Greek or Hebrew (the Psalms). For a modern reader the explanatory notes are essential because he used so much of the stories of the gods. I was not interested in deep understanding of most of these poems, but it was worth reading once to get a feel for the style of the younger vs. the older Milton and to add to a basic understanding of what was important to him.

The second section includes Milton's three longer poetic works, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.

Paradise Lost includes a great deal of time spent on the world of Satan and explaining the physical processes whereby Lucifer and his crew were kicked out of heaven, hell was constructed, the earth was created, and Satan got out of heaven to go and tempt Eve and Adam to be corrupted. Free will is discussed- inadequately. Although there is an effort made to show that there is truly free will without coercion, this is not the case because of the superior understandings of the heavenly and formerly heavenly folk. The whole situation felt fatalistic, despite Milton's intent and explanation. It is interesting that although Eve is blamed, she is never as fully informed as Adam about what exactly might occur because of Satan's attempt. Eve is presented as less intelligent than Adam and Adam from a modern perspective is presented as a jerk, blaming Eve rather than sticking by her. The characterization of Adam and Eve was effective even though limited by Milton's understanding of the role of women and men. I was surprised by Jesus' presence with God the father during the time of Adam and Eve, before having been born to Mary. There were several instances of unexpected humor presented throughout this work.

Paradise Regained was less interesting. It is the story of Satan tempting Jesus. This temptation is ineffective, which means that humans now have the possibility to regain paradise. Satan is kind of obnoxious here- we know that he will not be successful, he just kind of buzzes around being annoying. The interesting part was Satan describing the knowledge of the Greeks and Jesus commenting that he is familiar with it. Milton is very familiar with classical references and uses them throughout all of his work.

Samson Agonistes is a drama about Samson, modeled after a Greek tragedy. It was effective but unremarkable, especially when compared with Milton's other work.

The third section is prose. It includes a variety of topics. Some of it was speeches made at college, and it was interesting to view his earlier work. He appeared very interested in education and in explaining the problems within the Anglican church, but the two most interesting pieces addressed divorce and censorship. It cannot have been a popular thing among the clergy for him to explain that the Bible allows divorce and to plead for pity on people who, due to lack of experience, innocently marry someone with whom they are not compatible. Aeropagitica is a plea for partial freedom of the press. Milton explained that bad material can be read productively by thoughtful readers and that good material may be worthless to those who are not of discerning judgment. He explained that such censorship, to be effective, must cover more than just written work (music, theater, conversation), and that it is impossible to manage every idea. He explained the problem of finding appropriate censors- the skilled, discerning readers do not want the job, and the willing are not capable of it. After Aeropagitica, other political writings are included, such as a defense of the execution of Charles I, a defense of his defense, explanation of the limited rights of monarchs, and the importance of reading the Bible and forming conclusions without interference from church officials. Much of Milton's prose was moving, some of it was repetitive, and parts of it required the use of the textual notes to understand.

I leave this book with a great deal of respect for Milton. Even with this respect, it must be acknowledged that his writing was definitely representative of the values of his times and context, including a discounting of all that was not Christian. For him this meant atheists, agnostics, "papists," and even Presbyterians (though this was more political). If I were to recommend parts of this work, the two most essential would be Paradise Lost and Aeropagitica, though there is value in all of it. ( )
  karmiel | Aug 8, 2015 |
This is pretty well the standard edition of Milton, with a critically established text, a reasonable level of apparatus for non-expert readers, and a critical mass of Milton's work extending beyond his major works to everything that anyone who is not a specialist is likely to need. ( )
  jsburbidge | Mar 24, 2014 |
See Milton and Tomatos at From Word to Word
  jeremylukehill | Feb 24, 2009 |
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