Samson Agonistes / John Milton ; edited by Sir Edmund K. Chambers K.B.E., C.B., D.Litt. Sometime Scholar of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, John, 1608-1674, author.

Contributor:

Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever), 1866-1954, editor.

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Standard English classics (London, England)

Blackie's standard English classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samson (Biblical judge)--Poetry.

Samson.

Samson (Biblical judge).

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

146 pages ; 18 cm

Other Title:

Milton's Samson Agonistes

Place of Publication:

London : Blackie & Son Limited, [1930?]

Contents:

Introduction-I. Life of Milton; II. Samson Agonistes

Of That Sort of Dramatic Poem Called Tragedy

The Argument

Samson Agonistes

Appendix A-The Book of Judges (Chaps. xiii-xvi); Appendix B-Essay on Metre; Appendix C-Milton's English in Samson Agonistes.

Notes:

There is no date in the publisher statement but Blackie's Standard English classics were published from 1930-1950 according to Publishers & Series List.

"Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Ltd., Glasgow"--Title page verso.

Selection of Blackie's Standard English Classics printed on verso of Preface.

Red cloth boards printed in gilt on front cover and spine. Front cover has rectangular gilt ornament with Standard English Classics printed above illustration of owl, books, and lamp and Blackie & Son Ltd. printed below.

Local Notes:

PR3566.A3 1930 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2021 has [2] pages of publisher's advertisements at back.

Other Format:

Online version: Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.

OCLC:

21489407