Comus. a Mask. by John Milton. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as Performed First at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden, in the Year 1744. ... - Softcover

Milton, Professor John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1170412866 ISBN 13: 9781170412862

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010

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British Library

T031067

Also issued as part of: 'Jones's British theatre. Vol 1.' Dublin, 1795.- Final leaf contains epilogue.- The adaptation by John Dalton, first performed in 1738.

Dublin: printed by Graisberry and Campbell, for William Jones, 1791. 66, [2]p., plates; 12°

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About the Author

John Milton was a seventeenth-century English poet, polemicist, and civil servant in the government of Oliver Cromwell. Among Milton s best-known works are the classic epic Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, considered one of the greatest accomplishments in English blank verse, and Samson Agonistes.

Writing during a period of tremendous religious and political change, Milton s theology and politics were considered radical under King Charles I, found acceptance during the Commonwealth period, and were again out of fashion after the Restoration, when his literary reputation became a subject for debate due to his unrepentant republicanism. T.S. Eliot remarked that Milton s poetry was the hardest to reflect upon without one s own political and theological beliefs intruding.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1170412866
• ISBN 13: 9781170412862
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 74