Description
Regarded by many as the equal of Shakespeare in poetic imagination and expression, Milton was also a prolific writer of prose, applying his potent genius to major issues of domestic, religious and political liberty. This superbly annotated new publication is the most authoritative single-volume anthology yet of Milton's major prose works.
- Uses Milton's original language, spelling and punctuation
- Freshly and extensively annotated
- Notes provide unrivalled contextual analysis as well as illuminating the wealth of Milton's allusions and references
- Will appeal to a general readership as well as to scholars across the humanities
Table of Contents
Note on This Edition and Abbreviations viii
Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations x
Chronology xi
Introduction xvi
MILTON'S PROSE TEXTS
1. Prolusions: 1
Prolusion VI 3
Prolusion VII 13
2. Of Reformation 22
3. The Reason of Church-Government Urg'd against Prelaty (selections) 61
4. An Apology Against a Pamphlet (selections) 92
5. The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 103
6. Of Education 170
7. Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton 181
8. Tetrachordon (selections) 214
9. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates 243
10. Eikonoklastes (selections) 275
11. A Second Defence of the English People 319
12. A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes 377
13. Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church 398
14. The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth 426
15. Of True Religion, Hæresie, Schism, and Toleration 448
16. Selections from Milton's Private Letters 459
17. De Doctrina Christiana (selections) 470
18. The Life of Mr. John Milton by Edward Phillips 558
Select Bibliography 573
