Samson Agonistes and Other Poems (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2013
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Paperback. This is an intellectually rich approach to Samson Agonistes, constructively annotated and supported by the biblical source in the Book of Judges. A selection of Miltons shorter poems is included, and all is graced by text and format that make the poetry a pleasure to read. Abraham Stoll, University of San DiegoIn Samson Agonistes, Milton addresses questions that pressed insistently on the imagination of all who were unhappy with the changes that had come with the end of the English Civil War and the Restoration of the monarchy. How do we respond to the experience of defeat? When does compromise with an enemy become a failure of will? To what extent is violence justified in the cause of freedom?In this dramatic work, Milton takes such liberties with formal poetic structure that the poem often has the feel of modern free verse. To many scholars, the poetry of Samson Agonistes seems the culminating literary expression of a poet who had already demonstrated his mastery of traditional forms and felt free to abandon convention to create the poetic effects he desired.This new edition features extensive marginal glosses of difficult language and bottom-of-the-page explanatory notes. A selection of Miltons best-known short poems is also included; the biblical story of Samson is provided in an appendix. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature edition of Miltons last great work, now available in a stand-alone format. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Samson Agonistes and Other Poems (Paperback)
- Author
- John Milton
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 1554812097
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- 9781554812097
In Samson Agonistes, Milton’s last great work, he addresses questions that pressed insistently on the imagination of all who were unhappy with the changes wrought by the Restoration. How do we respond to the experience of defeat, and to fears of having been abandoned by the divine? How do we know when our actions accord with divine will, or when they are fueled instead by our fallen desires and weaknesses? At what point do accommodation and compromise with an enemy become a failure of will? What constitutes true heroism? To what extent is violence justified in the cause of freedom?
In this dramatic poem, Milton abandons the regularly maintained blank verse of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained and employs varying line lengths, mixes blank verse with lyric rhyme, and takes such liberties with scansion that the poem often has the feel of modern “free verse.” To many scholars, the poetry of Samson Agonistes seems the culminating literary expression of a poet who had already demonstrated his mastery of traditional forms and felt free to abandon convention to create the poetic effects he desired.
In addition to Samson Agonistes, this volume includes a selection of Milton’s best-known short poems (also taken from The Broadview Anthology of British Literature). The biblical material concerning Samson is also included in an appendix.
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Contributing Editor Joseph Black is Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. One of the general editors of The Broadview Anthology of British Literature, he has also published several other books, most recently The Library of the Sidneys of Penshurst Place (University of Toronto Press, 2013).
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