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Penguin Classics (1998), Edition: annotated edition, Paperback, 864 pages
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This book draws together case analyses of public-private partnerships in four different countries: Australia, France, Romania and Spain. It represents research efforts conducted from December 2007 to November 2012, and it covers a wide range of experiences in planning and implementing public-private partnerships in countries that belong to two very different socio-economic regions: Europe and Australia. The study on Australia deals with key concepts and types of public-partnerships, as well as performance and evaluation issues. While the analysis on France focuses on water sanitation and publi
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LibraryThing member keylawk
Milton's father was a scrivener and musical composer with sufficient prosperity to provide academic tutoring for his "special" intelligent and effeminate son, who studied very hard, and is among the most learned and poly-lingual (8 languages) of the English poets. Traveling in Europe, he met
The poems are not all political, but most. Real eloquence lights up the rough controversial style of the period, in defense of Republican causes (Parliament), and Puritan (Protestant) reforms against High-church Anglicans.
It got personal. After Milton's young bride abandoned him during the Civil War, he published pamphlets favoring legalization of divorce. Hostile responses to the pamphlets spurred Milton to write Areopagitica, his attack on Censorship. Ironically, with the victory of Parliamentarians in the Civil War, Milton was appointed Censor. He drew upon vast learning to compose a defense of the regicide, published as Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio (1652). He was the toast of all of Europe. After Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector, Milton praised him and exhorted him to remain true to the principles of the Revolution. He worked for the Commonwealth until glaucoma resulted in total blindness by 1654, after which he dictated to amanuenses.
In other words, Paradise Lost (1658, quarto edition published 1667), and Paradise Regained (1665) were dictated; Milton was gone blind. He was also interrupted with having to go into "hiding" after Cromwell's death in 1658 and the collapse into feuding factions. He was arrested and briefly imprisoned . Milton continued publishing jeremiads damning the English people for backsliding form the cause of LIBERTY, his great passion and the lietmotif of his work.
PARADISE LOST. The Magnum Opus, epic poem in heroic blank verse, and like Homer and Vergil, without "rime". Reflects Milton's personal despair over the failure of the Revolution, yet affirms human potential. Milton encoded many references to the "Good Old Cause". Monism (animist materialism) is reflected in the fact that he has angels eat (5.433) and have sex (8.622).
Milton's fervent commitment to republican Liberalism -- of which he is one of the early disciples -- perdures with great courage during this age of absolute monarchy.
PARADISE REGAINED. No rhymes.
Themes: Strongly held opinions supported by deep learning on Liberty, religious toleration, free elections, and the inviolability of conscience.
SAMSON AGONISTES.
A contemporary star "Milton scholar" is Stanley Fish, with his HOW MILTON WORKS (2007) and SURPRISED BY SIN (Harvard 1967). "The energy of Milton's writing comes from the effort to maintain his faith against the allure of plot, narrative, representation, signs, and drama, temptations which in any other aesthetic would be seen as the very essence of poetic value."
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Grotius, Galileo, and many Lords of Church and State, whose tyranny he came to despise.The poems are not all political, but most. Real eloquence lights up the rough controversial style of the period, in defense of Republican causes (Parliament), and Puritan (Protestant) reforms against High-church Anglicans.
It got personal. After Milton's young bride abandoned him during the Civil War, he published pamphlets favoring legalization of divorce. Hostile responses to the pamphlets spurred Milton to write Areopagitica, his attack on Censorship. Ironically, with the victory of Parliamentarians in the Civil War, Milton was appointed Censor. He drew upon vast learning to compose a defense of the regicide, published as Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio (1652). He was the toast of all of Europe. After Oliver Cromwell made himself Lord Protector, Milton praised him and exhorted him to remain true to the principles of the Revolution. He worked for the Commonwealth until glaucoma resulted in total blindness by 1654, after which he dictated to amanuenses.
In other words, Paradise Lost (1658, quarto edition published 1667), and Paradise Regained (1665) were dictated; Milton was gone blind. He was also interrupted with having to go into "hiding" after Cromwell's death in 1658 and the collapse into feuding factions. He was arrested and briefly imprisoned . Milton continued publishing jeremiads damning the English people for backsliding form the cause of LIBERTY, his great passion and the lietmotif of his work.
PARADISE LOST. The Magnum Opus, epic poem in heroic blank verse, and like Homer and Vergil, without "rime". Reflects Milton's personal despair over the failure of the Revolution, yet affirms human potential. Milton encoded many references to the "Good Old Cause". Monism (animist materialism) is reflected in the fact that he has angels eat (5.433) and have sex (8.622).
Milton's fervent commitment to republican Liberalism -- of which he is one of the early disciples -- perdures with great courage during this age of absolute monarchy.
PARADISE REGAINED. No rhymes.
Themes: Strongly held opinions supported by deep learning on Liberty, religious toleration, free elections, and the inviolability of conscience.
SAMSON AGONISTES.
A contemporary star "Milton scholar" is Stanley Fish, with his HOW MILTON WORKS (2007) and SURPRISED BY SIN (Harvard 1967). "The energy of Milton's writing comes from the effort to maintain his faith against the allure of plot, narrative, representation, signs, and drama, temptations which in any other aesthetic would be seen as the very essence of poetic value."
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LibraryThing member lizzy_bb
I listened to Paradise Lost on CD whilst I breastfed my daughter. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Surely there is no greater poem written in English?
LibraryThing member the.ken.petersen
I am exceedingly grateful to the media for their interest in Milton's 400th anniversary which, encouraged me to revisit the works of one of England's greatest authors.
I find poetry quite difficult to read: it does not take well to speed reading techniques, as every word is significant but, I am
I find poetry quite difficult to read: it does not take well to speed reading techniques, as every word is significant but, I am
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willing to struggle with quality such as this. Paradise Lost is unlike anything else I have ever read and, apparently Milton added more new words to the English language than did Shakespeare! Show Less
LibraryThing member charlie68
John Milton is a poet who wrote in the 17th century. It was a time of great upheavel in England, and Milton was in the thick of it. I started this book in January read up to Paradise Lost and put it down again and just lately I read that and the last two poems Paradise Regained and Samson
Paradise Lost- traces the beginnings of the fall of man in creation. From the moment Satan was cast out of heaven till Adam's expulsion from the garden. I don't know where Milton got all his ideas but it is a very well written poem that manages to capture the tragedy of Adam's sin.
Paradise Regained- Poem about the temptation of Christ in the desert. Connects to Paradise Lost in Jesus' substitution of Adam in being tempted by the Devil. I often wonder about Jesus' unique combination of humanity and divinity and while this poem doesn't solve that it provides some idea of the degree of Satan's challenge.
Samson Agonistes- This poem takes place in the jail after Samson's arrest and betrayal by Delilah and ends with his death and the resulting death of the Philistines and the destruction of Dagon's palace.
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Agonistes. I'll review these poems as these are epic works. Paradise Lost- traces the beginnings of the fall of man in creation. From the moment Satan was cast out of heaven till Adam's expulsion from the garden. I don't know where Milton got all his ideas but it is a very well written poem that manages to capture the tragedy of Adam's sin.
Paradise Regained- Poem about the temptation of Christ in the desert. Connects to Paradise Lost in Jesus' substitution of Adam in being tempted by the Devil. I often wonder about Jesus' unique combination of humanity and divinity and while this poem doesn't solve that it provides some idea of the degree of Satan's challenge.
Samson Agonistes- This poem takes place in the jail after Samson's arrest and betrayal by Delilah and ends with his death and the resulting death of the Philistines and the destruction of Dagon's palace.
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LibraryThing member cstebbins
The proto-Whig mind always somewhat gross. Milton has some striking lines--I was surprised how many have become almost proverbial, suggesting a wider readership in times past--but overall he is just tiresome.
LibraryThing member PollyMoore3
One of our university lecturers spent a lot of time trying to convince us that “Milton was better than Shakespeare” because he chose his words more carefully for their exact effect and placing, often with deliberate reference to the Latin derivation. I remained unconvinced. Favourite: the
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sonnet “On Shakespeare”! I quite enjoy “Hymn on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity” and “Lycidas”, but they are a bit long to be favourites. And I do like “Sabrina fair, listen where thou art sitting”, from “Comus”. Show Less
LibraryThing member AgedPeasant
Interesting really for the fernware cover.
LibraryThing member MusicforMovies
John Milton deserves to be read by everyone - Not only did I enjoy the classic Paradise Lost, but I also found solace in Samson Agonistes and courage in Paradise Regained. The older style of English might take some time to acclimate to, but once done so the reading has a natural flow and beauty to
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LibraryThing member Paul_S
Takes guts and ingenuity to make god be the bad guy and crazed tyrant and satan the hero.
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Original publication date
1779
Physical description
864 p.; 7.68 inches
ISBN
0140433635 / 9780140433630
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including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes