John Milton

'Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit
Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste
Brought death into the world...
Sing heavenly muse'

From almost the moment of its first publication in 1667, Paradise Lost was considered a... Ler mais

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`Greedily she engorged without restraint, And knew not eating death;'
Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan's attempts... Ler mais

Uma das obras fundamentais da literatura universal numa nova edição com tradução de Daniel Jonas e ilustrações de Gustava Doré. «Este é um poema electrificante sobre o Amor e a Guerra, a luta entre o Bem e o Mal, e uma obsessão com a ideia de... Ler mais

From almost the moment of its first publication in 1667, "Paradise Lost" was considered a classic. It is difficult now to appreciate both how audacious an undertaking it represents, and how astonishing its immediate and continued success was. Over... Ler mais

Teskey s revised edition is as open as it is authoritative. There s a genuine reverence for the poetic wisdom of Paradise Lost conveyed in these pages, and an equal sense that this is a poem we should be wrangling with on matters of race, religion,... Ler mais

In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time, populated by a memorable gallery of grotesques. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked,... Ler mais

O presente trabalho é constituído por uma reedição da tradução do Paradise Lost de John Milton de Fernando da Costa Soares e Raul Mateus da Silva e por uma tradução, esta em primeira edição, do Paradise Regained, daquele mesmo poeta, tradução esta... Ler mais

“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.” Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God... Ler mais

Mais do que por razões de ordem utilitária, por imperativos de mercado, por razões democrático-funcionais ou pelo poder auto-replicante das ideias, a liberdade de consciência, pensamento e expressão deve justificar-se a partir e por causa da... Ler mais

Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, a tale of immense drama and excitement, of rebellion and treachery, of innocence pitted against corruption, in which God and Satan fight... Ler mais

Paradise Lost remains as challenging and relevant today as it was in the turbulent intellectual and political environment in which it was written. This edition aims to bring the poem as fully alive to a modern reader as it would have been to Milton... Ler mais

A collection of anthologies, resource and reference books, including titles from Oscar Wilde, Mary Shelley, Alex Madina, Jo Phillips and Adrian Barlow. Ler mais

One of a series designed to motivate and encourage students who may be working on certain writers for the first time. Each text includes notes to explain literary and historical allusions, tasks to help students explore themes and issues, and... Ler mais

In this authoritative edition of John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost is presented in the original language of its 1674 publication, with explanatory annotations and word glosses. Edited by one of the world's leading Milton scholars, the author of... Ler mais

An important and innovative edition of Milton's shorter verse & the first volume to present the poems with the original spelling and pronunciations intact, offering readers the opportunity to experience the vitality of the poems as they were... Ler mais

He fixes upon Gods beloved new creations, Adam and Eve, as the vehicles of his vengeance. In this dramatic and influential epic, Milton tells the story of the serpent and the apple, the fall of man and the exile from paradise in stunningly vivid and... Ler mais

Previously published in the Oxford Authors series, this unique one-volume selection of Miltons poetry and prose includes all the English and Italian verse and a generous selection of his major prose works. Modernized spelling, extensive notes, and a... Ler mais