[Milton-L] Kerrigan, Rumrich, Fallon edn.

[Julia Walker]

I've tried a couple of editions, but I always come back to Hughes.   
No, it doesn't have everything, but I don't have time to teach  
everything, so fair enough.  One good thing about its long tenure is  
that there are lots of used copies out there, which helps the $tudents.
I've never tried the Riverside, however -- the typos are legendary.

julia


On Mar 15, 2008, at 6:36 PM, Peter C. Herman wrote:

> The Riverside Milton is, according to amazon.com $96.36; the Modern  
> Library is $55.00 (hardcover).
>
> Peter C. Herman
>
> At 02:46 PM 3/15/2008, you wrote:
>> Dollar for dollar, how does the Modern Library stack up against  
>> the Riverside?
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:55:42 -0700
>> >From: "Reeves, Margaret" <Margaret.Reeves at ubc.ca>
>> >Subject: RE: [Milton-L] Kerrigan, Rumrich, Fallon edn.
>> >To: "John Milton Discussion List" <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
>> >
>> >Dear Feisal:
>> >
>> >This is so helpful, and especially timely as my book orders are  
>> due at the end of the month. Thanks!
>> >
>> >By the way, I agree with you on the question of excerpts. When  
>> they are too short, it is quite frustrating.
>> >
>> >Cheers,
>> >Margaret Reeves
>> >
>> >* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> >Margaret Reeves
>> >Arts 178, Department of Critical Studies (English)
>> >University of British Columbia-Okanagan
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>> >margaret.reeves at ubc.ca < mailto:margaret.reeves at ubc.ca>
>> >
>> >
>> >________________________________
>> >
>> >From: milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu on behalf of Feisal  
>> Mohamed
>> >Sent: Sat 15/03/2008 10:08 AM
>> >To: John Milton Discussion List
>> >Subject: [Milton-L] Kerrigan, Rumrich, Fallon edn.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Dear Milton-L,
>> >
>> >Because this is a time of year when people are likely thinking of  
>> fall book orders, it might be timely to mention the strengths of  
>> the new Kerrigan, Rumrich, and Fallon Modern Library Milton (ISBN  
>> 978-0-679-64253-4; US $ 55).  I've adopted it this term for a  
>> course where I needed access to both poetry and prose and been  
>> very pleased: the texts have proven to be reliable (as far as I  
>> have seen at this point), and the apparatus provides helpful (and  
>> not obtrusive) guidance with headnotes economically introducing  
>> the works and pointing to current scholarship.  Both spelling and  
>> punctuation have been thoroughly modernized throughout, which  
>> constitutes a significant improvement over Hughes-though some will  
>> prefer the original spelling of the ongoing Blackwell Milton,  
>> which will become an interesting rival when complete (my personal  
>> view is that a modern-spelling edition is preferable for  
>> undergraduates, original spelling for graduate students).  A  
>> couple of nice additions are se!
>>  l!
>> > ections from Aubrey's notes on his life of Milton and ten  
>> familiar letters.
>> >
>> >My one complaint-one always has a complaint, after all-is that  
>> some prose works are excerpted where one would like to see them  
>> offered in their entirety.  Where Hughes provides _The Reason of  
>> Church Government_ in full, here one has only the autobiographical  
>> preface to the second book.  _The Tenure_ is also excerpted.  The  
>> selections from _The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce_ and from  
>> _De doctrina_ are, however, much more robust than those available  
>> in Hughes, and added are selections from _Tetrachordon_.
>> >
>> >Another point on which one might grumble is that the publisher,  
>> as far as I know, is not offering gratis examination copies.  But  
>> I don't think that those who take the plunge in placing an order  
>> will be disappointed.
>> >
>> >It appears to me that the Hughes edition may now enjoy a richly  
>> earned retirement-has there ever been a course text in any  
>> discipline so widely adopted for half a century?
>> >
>> >Looking forward to others' thoughts,
>> >Feisal Mohamed
>> >University of Illinois
>> >
>> >
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