Потерянный Рай. Возвращенный Рай (илл. Г. Доре)

Dzhon Milʹton rodilsi͡a v semʹe londonskogo notariusa. Okonchiv Kembridzh, v sovershenstve ovladev drevnimi i sovremennymi i͡azykami, Milʹton stal odnim iz samykh obrazovannykh li͡udeĭ svoego vremeni. On prozhil burnui͡u zhiznʹ, otdav danʹ uchenym zani͡atii͡am, politike i religii, odnako imi͡a ego ostalosʹ v vekakh blagodari͡a poėzii, i v pervui͡u ocheredʹ poėme 'Poteri͡annyĭ Raĭ', vpervye izdannoĭ v 1667 godu. Ėta ėpicheskai͡a drama, po masshtabu sravnimai͡a s tvorenii͡ami Gomera, Vergilii͡a, Dante i Shekspira, stala odnim iz velichaĭshikh proizvedeniĭ angliĭskoĭ literatury. V nastoi͡ashchem izdanii 'Poteri͡annyĭ Raĭ' pechataetsi͡a v perevode Arkadii͡a Shteĭnberga i soprovozhdaetsi͡a polnym komplektom klassicheskikh illi͡ustrat͡siĭ Gi͡ustava Dore.V knigu takzhe voshla poėma 'Vozvrashchennyĭ Raĭ', osnovannai͡a na ėpizode iz Novogo Zaveta ob iskushenii Khrista Satanoĭ, tragedii͡a 'Samson-boret͡s' i luchshie obrazt͡sy liriki Milʹtona. Pomimo illi͡ustrat͡siĭ Dore v izdanie vkli͡ucheny illi͡ustrat͡sii Uilʹi͡ama Kharvi, Dzhordzha Uortona Ėdvardsa i Artura Rėkkhema (t͡svetnye gravi͡ury k izi͡ashchnoĭ pastorali 'Komos'), nikogda ranee ne publikovavshiesi͡a v Rossii. Teksty soprovozhdai͡utsi͡a podrobnymi primechanii͡ami vydai͡ushchegosi͡a literaturoveda, spet͡sialista po zarubezhnoĭ literature Andrei͡a Nikolaevicha Gorbunova.

John Milton was born into the family of a London notary. After graduating from Cambridge, having mastered ancient and modern languages perfectly, Milton became one of the most educated people of his time. He lived a stormy life, paying tribute to academic pursuits, politics and religion, but his name has remained in the centuries thanks to poetry, and first of all the poem 'Paradise Lost', first published in 1667. This epic drama, comparable in scale to the works of Homer, Virgil, Dante and Shakespeare, has become one of the greatest works of English literature. In this edition 'Paradise Lost' is published in the translation by Arkady Steinberg and is accompanied by a full set of classic illustrations by Gustave Dore.The book also includes the poem "Paradise Regained", based on an episode from the New Testament about the temptation of Christ by Satan, the tragedy "Samson the Wrestler" and the best examples of Milton's lyrics. In addition to Dore's illustrations, the publication includes illustrations by William Harvey, George Wharton Edwards and Arthur Rackham (color prints for the elegant pastoral Komos), never before published in Russia. The texts are accompanied by detailed notes by Andrei Nikolaevich Gorbunov, an outstanding literary critic and specialist in foreign literature.