Delphi Complete Works of John Milton (Illustrated) (Delphi Poets Series)

This new Delphi Classics series presents the complete poetical works of John Milton, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting, making it easier to read on eReaders compared to many poorly formatted poetry collections.

The volume includes:

• Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Milton's life and works
• Concise introductions to the poetry and other works
• Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts
• Excellent formatting of the poems
• Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry to help locate the poems you want to read
• Line numbers for studying purposes
• The complete prose writings
• 'Paradise Lost' beautifully illustrated with Gustave Doré's celebrated engravings
• Three detailed biographies to discover Milton's literary life
• Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
• NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip forward or back to each poem using the Kindle's 5-way controller
• The posthumous religious work DE DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA, discovered in a bundle of papers many years after Milton's death

The poetry collections included are: - POEMS, 1645 - PARADISE LOST - PARADISE REGAINED - SAMSON AGONISTES - POEMS, 1673 - VERSES FROM MILTON'S COMMONPLACE BOOK

The prose works featured are: - AREOPAGITICA - THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF DIVORCE - ON EDUCATION - COLASTERION - THE TENURE OF KINGS AND MAGISTRATES - A TREATISE OF CIVIL POWER - DE DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA

The biographies included are: - MILTON by Mark Pattison - THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTON by Richard Garnett - MILTON by Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh

This Delphi Classics edition is a must-have for any lover of poetry and the works of the literary giant John Milton.

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