JOHN MILTON: SAMSON AGONISTES (With Text)

Like his celebrated epic, Paradise Lost, Milton’s Samson Agonistes has the same lofty aim – “Justifying the ways of God to men.” Written strictly in accordance of the canons of Greek tragedy, the play has a tragic hero, observes the three unities of time, action and place, and ends with “calm of mind, all passions spent”. Samson Agonistes has been hailed “as Greek a thing as ever was written in English”. Yet there is a subjective note in the play and parallels have been drawn to Milton’s own life and times in his portrayal of Samson – his blindness, his espousal of the Puritan cause and his experience with women. This critical study, originally prepared by Dr. Raghukul Tilak, it has been thoroughly revised, edited and updated by Prof. Shakti Batra.

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