Milton's Languages: The Impact of Multilingualism on Style

by John K. Hale

Book Overview

Milton's poetry is one of the glories of the English language, and yet it owes everything to Milton's widespread knowledge of other languages: he knew ten, wrote in four, and translated from five. In Milton's Languages, John K. Hale first examines Milton's language-related arts in verse-composition, translations, annotations of Greek poets, Latin prose and political polemic, giving all relevant texts in the original and in translation. Hale then traces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521022371
• ISBN13: 9780521022378
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"