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John Milton A short study of his life and works
Author: William Peterfield Trent

PREFACE. THIS book is a result of a conviction forced upon me by an experience of many years as a teacher of literature, that we Anglo-Saxons do not honor Milton as we should do, that we too frequently misunderstand him and neglect him. He is rapidly passing-if, indeed, he has not already passed - into the class of authors whom we talk about oft... more »ener than we read. In view of this fact I have here ventured to tell over again the story of his life and achievements in the hope that I may win him more lovers and readers. It may, of course, be deemed a presumptuous undertaking, for there is nothing new to say after Professor Massons herculean labors, of which I have taken full advantage, and Mark Pattison and Dr. Garnett have covered the field admirably in their smaller volumes. But I have thought that the new book always has an ad vii viii PREFACE vantage as a literary missioner, if I may use the phrase, through the very fact of its novelty, and I have also hoped that a somewhat unusual grouping and proportioning of the most important biographical and critical materials might arrest the attention of at least a few of the many souls to whom Milton has become a name and nothing more. But perhaps I have trusted rather to the naturally contagious effects of an enthusiastic treatment of a poet who has inspired me with reverence since my earliest years. If this hope fail me, I shall at least not repent of having paid a vain tribute to his memory, for popular neglect can never really dim the lustre of Miltons fame, nor can an injudicious panegyric hurt it, and it is always a spiritual advantage to a man to give utterance to a love and enthusiasm for a sublime character that have grown with his sowth and strengthened with his strength. W. P. TRENT. Hearty thanks are hereby given to Messrs. Longmans, Green, and Company for their kind - PREFACE permission to use in Chapters III., IV., and V. of Part 11. considerable matter first employed in my edition of LAllsro and other poems 4 in their English Classics, edited by my friend, Professor George R. Carpenter, whose consent has also been granted. Much of the matter in Chapters VIII. and IX. of Part 11. will be found in the Protestant Episcopal Review for April and May, 1899 while the first part is expanded from an article published in the Sewanee Review for January, 1897. CONTENTS PART I. - LIFE CHAPTER I PAGE EARLY YEARS 1608-1639 . I CHAPTER I1 THE MAN OF AFFAIRS 1640-1660 . 18 CHAPTER I11 THE SUPREMEP OET 1661-1674 . . 46 PART 11. - WORKS CHAPTER I EARLIESTP OEMS I N ENGLISH . - 59 CHAPTER I1 CHAPTER 111 LALLEGRO AND IL PENSEROSO 79 xi xii CONTENTS CHAPTER IV PAGE ARCADES AND COMUS . 96 CHAPTER V THE ELEGIAC POEMS . . . . 9 CHAPTER V1 THE PROSE WORKS . . 155 , CHAPTER VII THE SONNETS . . 184 CHAPTER V111 PA-RADISE L OST . . . I93 CHAPTER IX PARADISER EGAINED AND SAMSONA GONISTES 234 CHAPTER X MILTONS ART . 249 INDEX . 279 - JOHN MILTON PART I.-LIFE CHAPTER I EARLY YEARS I 608-1 639 THE fact that Milton was born in London on December g, 1608, counts for not a little in his career. He was born early enough to catch much of the power and inspiration of the age of Elizabeth, but not early enough to catch its spirit of universal open-mindedness and freeheartedness...

ISBN-13: 9780849226267
ISBN-10: 0849226260
Pages: 285
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Publisher: R. West
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