{"product_id":"miltons-comus","title":"Comus di Milton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if temptation speaks sweetly, offers a feast, and asks you to surrender your judgment?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn John Milton's Comus, the Lady loses her way in a dark wood while travelling with her two brothers. She wants to reach her father's house. Comus, a charming enchanter, has other plans: he uses pleasure and flattery to draw travellers into his power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs her brothers search, they debate whether a pure mind can keep someone safe. The Attendant Spirit seeks to guide the children home. This masque brings verse, song and dramatic argument together, setting the Lady's clear judgment against Comus's persuasive words. The danger tests not only her safety, but her freedom to choose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA song in darkness\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the Lady as she sings in the wood, lost but clear in mind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePleasure with a hidden purpose\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Comus's world of music and delicacies, where charm serves a dangerous purpose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo brothers, different fears\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow their search as confidence in virtue meets urgent concern about the night.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA fierce exchange of ideas\u003c\/strong\u003e – Hear the Lady defend restraint, shared plenty and the wise use of nature's gifts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight, darkness and song\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how blank verse, rhymed magic and lyrics give this moral struggle its shape.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love poetry, seventeenth-century England and moral questions argued on stage, or want to meet Milton before Paradise Lost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and enter the wood, where a gentle voice must stand against a persuasive enchanter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534638416220,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/01260_en_ebook-front_c28.jpg?v=1792174991","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/it\/products\/comus-di-milton","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}