<p>"This is a very Bible of Milton, and the editors should be upheld forever as the supreme example to all future editors and annotators of English verse."</p><p><i>Selina Hastings, The Daily Telegraph</i></p><p>"Those familiar with the complexities and indecisions of Milton scholarship know how formidable a task it is to prepare an adequately annotated edition of the poems. Mr Carey & Mr Fowler have tackled the task with zest and discrimination as well as perseverance. For several years to come their work will be indispensable to both scholars and students.</p><p><i>Times Literary Supplement</i></p><p>"For forty years Fowler's magisterial edition of Milton (done in partnership with John Carey) has established the benchmark for erudite commentary in his (and Greenblatt's) field."</p><p><i>John Sutherland, The Guardian</i></p><p>"This will surely become the standard working edition for student and scholar alike...a formidable task splendidly accomplished."</p><p><i>The Oxford Magazine (of the First Edition)</i></p><p>This masterly edition contains all of Milton's English poems, with the exception of <em>Paradise Lost</em>, together with translations and texts of all his Latin, Italian and Greek poems. First published in 1968 - and substantially updated in 1996 - John Carey's edition has, with Alastair Fowler's <em>Paradise Lost</em>, established itself as the pre-eminent edition of Milton's poetry, both for the student and the general reader.</p>