Bringing together literary criticism, historical bibliography, and religious, political, and print history, this volume offers a definitive scholarly edition of John Milton's Paradise Regain'd and Samson Agonistes. The scrupulously-edited text is based on extensive collation of the 1671 and 1680 volumes. Drawing on new archival sources and up-to-date historiography, a detailed Introduction sets out the cultural, religious, and political contexts of 1670-71, including continuing opposition to the Restoration regime and the major contribution made to that opposition by publishers and print. While the meanings of the 1671 poems have been much discussed and debated, print and publishing history has been little addressed in teaching editions or scholarship. New archival materials on Milton's publisher, John Starkey, and his printer, John Macock, open up the radical print networks in which Milton's poems were produced, published, and circulated. The Textual Introduction and Headnote also provide a thorough discussion of the contributions of the printing house to the text. Reconstruction of the octavo sheets used in printing the text shows that multiple compositors worked on the text and thus helps to explain variant spelling and address longstanding issues of dating. A discussion of Milton's bold transformation of classical epic and tragedy provides literary historical context. This edition also breaks new ground by including materials on early owners and readers, who actively shaped the texts with corrections, annotations, and references to biblical and classical sources. As an aid for students and scholars alike, Textual Commentary provides precise OED word definitions, identifies biblical, classical, historical, and geographical references, and explains Latin, Greek, and Hebrew usages.
Sobre o autor(a)
Milton, John
John Milton, nascido em Birmingham, Inglaterra, formou-se em Literatura Inglesa e Espanhol na Universidade de Wales (Swansea) em 1978. Fez seu mestrado pela PUC, São Paulo, em Linguística Aplicada (1986), e seu doutorado pela Universidade de São Paulo em Literatura Inglesa (1990). Atualmente é Professor Titular em Estudos da Tradução na FFLCH-USP. Pesquisa na área de tradução literária, sociologia e história da tradução no Brasil. Completou sua Livre Docência em 1999 e tornou-se Professor Titular em 2012. Foi coordenador do Programa de Pós-graduação em Estudos da Tradução (TRADUSP) (Mestrado e Doutorado) da FFLCH-USP de 2002 a 2015. É autor de O poder da tradução (Ars Poética, 1993). Organizou Modern Poetry in Translation nº 6 (King’s College, Londres, 1994), volume dedicado à tradução de poesia brasileira. |
| ISBN | 9780199296170 |
| Autor(a) | Milton, John |
| Editora | Oup Oxford |
| Ano de edição | 2009 |
| Páginas | 280 |
| Acabamento | Capa Dura |
| Dimensões | 22,30 X 14,60 |