On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

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On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
Folio Society
Poetry & Plays

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity

John Milton
Edition year 1987
Binding Buckram
Weight 0.5 Kg
Pages 72
Dimensions 25 × 16.5 cm

Edition details

On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity by John Milton. Five copper-engraved vignettes by Brian Hanscomb. Quarter bound in red-brown buckram, Rackenmarmor Swedish marbled paper boards, red-brown buckram cover-label. Pale grey-brown endleaves. Transparent plastic dust-jacket, no slipcase. 25x16.5cm. 72pp.

About the book

John Milton's On the Morning of Christ's Nativity is an early poem celebrating the birth of Christ and the spiritual transformation represented by the Nativity. Written while Milton was still a young man, it already displays the elevated language and religious imagination that would later characterise Paradise Lost. The poem contrasts the peaceful arrival of Christ with the fading power of pagan gods and ancient religions. Combining Christian theology, classical imagery and lyrical beauty, it presents the Nativity as a moment of profound change in human history.

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