John Milton: An Annotated Bibliography, 1989–1999

Editions of the Prose Works

35 EDITIONS OF THE PROSE WORKS of Liberty Library/Legal Classics Library, 1992. lvii + 189 pp. A reprint of the 1890 edition, originally published by the Grolier Club, New York. Milton, John 215. . [Selected Prose in] Literary Theory on CD-ROM. Alexandria , VA, and Cambridge: ChadwyckHealey , 1999. Contains Areopagitica, Of Education, an extract from An Apology against a Pamphlet , an extract from The Reason of Church-Government, and the preface to Samson Agonistes. Parry, Graham, 216. ed. Character of the Long Parliament and Assembly of Divines in 1651. Stamford, Lincolnshire: Paul Watkins, 1991. Various pagings. In the same volume as Milton’s History of Britain, below. A facsimile edition of the first impression of the second edition (London: John Martyn, 1677). Includes a critical introduction by Parry. Parry, Graham, 217. ed. and intro. The History of Britain. Stamford, Lincolnshire : Paul Watkins, 1991. 48, 357 pp. A facsimile from the first impression of the second edition, 1677. Includes the Digression and a list of historical dramas compiled by Milton while he was writing the History. Parry’s introduction discusses Milton’s place in English historiography. Parry concludes, “the questions that exercised Milton in The History of Britain were not to be resolved by historical enquiry. Why the British were unable to seize the opportunity for freedom that occurred at a critical juncture of their history, why good government was so difficult to achieve, and true Christian Alvis, John, 210. foreword. “Areopagitica ” and Other Political Writings of John Milton. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1999. xvi + 456 pp. Includes the entirety of Areopagitica, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates, A Defense of the People of England, The Second Defense of the People of England, The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, and Character of the Long Parliament. Barker, Nicolas, 211. ed. Areopagitica: London, 1644. Palo Alto, CA: Octavo Corporation, 1998. Computer optical disk. Reproduces Southern Methodist University Bridwell Library’s copy of the 1644 edition. Searchable full-text images. Dzelzainis, Martin, 212. ed., and Claire Gruzelier, trans. “Political Writings.” Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991. xxxiii + 279 pp. Contains The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates and A Defense of the People of England. Review: Thomas H. Blackburn, RES 44 (1993): 581. Milton, John. 213. Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. Little Humanist Classics 5. Santa Barbara: Bandanna Books, 1989. 126 pp. Milton, John 214. . Areopagitica: A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. Intro. James Russell Lowell. New York: Gryphon Editions/Classics 36 JOHN MILTON: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1989–1999 zeal so hard to sustain, why the leaders and the people fall prey to sloth and greed and kindred vices, and ultimately why the perfections of political life were and remain unattainable, these questions have to be referred back to first causes, to the transactions of Paradise, and man’s first disobedience and the Fall. The History of Britain really needs to be read in light of Paradise Lost” (48). Wynne, Richard, 218. ed. Essays on Education. Intro. Jeffrey Stone. Taipei, Taiwan: Unifacmanu; Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press, 1995. vii + viii + 283 pp. Includes Milton’s Of Education and essays on education by John Locke, Joseph Addison, and Richard Steele. A reprint of J. and R. Tonson’s 1761 edition. ...