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      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      January 2015
      January 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139017268
      9780521898188
      9780521726450
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.54kg, 266 Pages
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      (228 x 152 mm)
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      0.42kg, 264 Pages
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    Book description

    John Milton is one of the most important and influential writers in English literary history. The goal of this book is to make Milton's works more accessible and enjoyable by providing a comprehensive overview of the author's life, times and writings. It describes essential details from Milton's biography, explains some of the cultural and historical contexts in which he wrote, offers fresh analyses of his major pamphlets and poems - including Lycidas, Areopagitica and Paradise Lost - and describes in depth traditional and recent responses to his reputation and writings. Separate sections focus on important concepts or key passages from his major works to illustrate how readers can interpret - and get excited about - Milton's writings. This detailed and engaging introduction to Milton will help readers not only better understand the author's life and works but also better appreciate why Milton matters.

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    'This volume far surpasses similar studies in breadth and depth despite its compact size.'

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    Contents

    Further reading
    Life
    Campbell, GordonCorns, Thomas N.John Milton: Life, Work, and ThoughtOxford University Press 2008
    Darbishire, HelenThe Early Lives of MiltonLondonConstable 1932
    Fletcher, Harris F.The Intellectual Development of John MiltonUrbanaUniversity of Illinois Press 1956
    French, J. MiltonThe Life Records of John MiltonNew BrunswickRutgers 1949
    Lewalski, Barbara K.The Life of John Milton: A Critical BiographyOxfordBlackwell 2000
    Masson, DavidThe Life of John MiltonLondonMacmillan 1859
    Parker, William Riley.Milton: A BiographyCampbell, GordonOxfordClarendon Press 1996
    Contexts
    Bauman, Michael.A Scripture Index to John Milton’s “De Doctrina ChristianaBinghamton, NYMedieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies 1989
    Blessington, Francis C.Paradise Lost” and the Classical EpicBoston, MARoutledge l979
    Danielson, DennisMilton’s Good God: A Study in Literary TheodicyCambridge University Press 1982
    Dobranski, Stephen B.Milton, Authorship, and the Book TradeCambridge University Press 1999
    Dobranski, Stephen B.Milton in ContextCambridge University Press 2010
    Evans, J. MartinParadise Lost” and the Genesis TraditionOxfordClarendon Press 1968
    Fallon, Stephen M.Milton among the PhilosophersIthaca, NYCornell University Press 1991
    Frye, Roland MushatMilton’s Imagery and the Visual Arts: Iconographic Tradition in the Epic PoemsPrinceton University Press 1978
    Helgerson, Richard.Self-Crowned Laureates: Spenser, Jonson, Milton, and the Literary SystemBerkeleyUniversity of California Press 1983
    Hill, Christopher.Milton and the English RevolutionLondonFaber and Faber 1977
    Ingram, Martin.Church Courts, Sex, and Marriage in England, 1570–1640Cambridge University Press 1987
    Kelley, Maurice.This Great Argument: A Study of Milton’s “De Doctrina Christiana” as a Gloss upon “Paradise LostPrinceton University Press 1941
    Knott, John R.Milton’s Pastoral Vision: An Approach to “Paradise LostUniversity of Chicago Press 1971
    MacCulloch, Diarmaid.The ReformationNew YorkViking 2003
    Martin, Catherine GimelliMilton and GenderCambridge University Press 2004
    Poole, William.Milton and the Idea of the FallCambridge University Press 2005
    Quint, David.Epic and Empire: Politics and Generic Form from Virgil to MiltonPrinceton University Press 1993
    Smith, Nigel.Literature and Revolution in England, 1640–1660New Haven and LondonYale University Press 1994
    Spurr, John.English Puritanism, 1603–1689New YorkSt. Martins 1998
    Tyacke, Nicholas.Anti-Calvinists: The Rise of English Arminianism, c. 1590–1640OxfordClarendon Press 1987
    Worden, Blair.Literature and Politics in Cromwellian England: John Milton, Andrew Marvell, Marchamont NedhamOxford University Press 2007
    Prose
    Achinstein, SharonSauer, ElizabethMilton and TolerationNew YorkOxford University Press 2007
    Corns, Thomas N.The Development of Milton’s Prose StyleOxfordClarendon Press 1982
    Fulton, Thomas.Historicizing Milton: Manuscript, Print, and Popular Culture in Revolutionary EnglandAmherst and BostonUniversity of Massachusetts Press 2010
    Lieb, MichaelShawcross, John T.Achievements of the Left Hand: Essays on the Prose of John MiltonAmherstUniversity of Massachusetts Press 1974
    Loewenstein, DavidTurner, James GranthamPolitics, Poetics, and Hermeneutics in Milton’s ProseCambridge University Press 1990
    Raymond, Joad.Pamphlets and Pamphleteering in Early Modern BritainCambridge University Press 2003
    Poetry
    Brown, Cedric C.John Milton’s Aristocratic EntertainmentsCambridge University Press 1985
    Burnett, Archie.Milton’s Style: The Shorter Poems, “Paradise Regained” & “Samson AgonistesLondonLongman 1981
    Empson, William.Milton’s GodLondonChatto and Windus 1965
    Fish, Stanley.Surprised by Sin: The Reader in “Paradise LostCambridge, MAHarvard University Press 1997
    Forsyth, Neil.The Satanic EpicPrinceton University Press 2003
    Knoppers, Laura Lunger.Historicizing Milton: Spectacle, Power, and Poetry in Restoration EnglandAthens, GAUniversity of Georgia Press 1994
    Leonard, John.Naming in Paradise: Milton and the Language of Adam and EveOxfordClarendon Press 1990
    Lewalski, Barbara K.Milton’s Brief Epic: The Genre, Meaning, and Art of “Paradise RegainedProvidenceBrown University Press 1966
    Lewalski, Barbara K.Paradise Lost” and the Rhetoric of Literary FormsPrinceton University Press 1985
    Lewis, C. S.A Preface to “Paradise LostLondonOxford University Press 1961
    MacCallum, HughMilton and the Sons of God: The Divine Image in Milton’s Epic PoetryUniversity of Toronto Press 1986
    McColley, Diane Kelsey.Milton’s EveUrbanaUniversity of Illinois Press 1983
    Rajan, Balachandra.Paradise Lost” and the Seventeenth-Century ReaderNew YorkBarnes and Noble 1947
    Revard, Stella P.Milton and the Tangles of Neaera’s Hair: The Making of the 1645 “PoemsColumbiaUniversity of Missouri Press 1997
    Revard, Stella P.The War in Heaven: “Paradise Lost” and the Tradition of Satan’s RebellionIthaca, NY, and LondonCornell University Press 1980
    Ricks, Christopher.Milton’s Grand StyleOxford University Press 1963
    Rumrich, John P.Matter of Glory: A New Preface to “Paradise LostUniversity of Pittsburgh Press 1987
    Rumrich, John P.Milton Unbound: Controversy and ReinterpretationCambridge University Press 1996
    Wittreich, Joseph.Interpreting “Samson AgonistesPrinceton University Press 1986
    Afterlife
    Adams, Robert Martin.Ikon: John Milton and the Modern CriticsIthaca, NYCornell University Press 1955
    Alpers, Paul.and Modern CriticismELH 49 1982 468
    Danielson, DennisThe Cambridge Companion to MiltonCambridge University Press 1999
    Dobranski, Stephen B.A Variorum Commentary on the Poems of John Milton: “Samson AgonistesBurnett, ArchieKlemp, P. J.PittsburghDuquesne University Press 2009
    Evans, J. MartinJohn Milton: Twentieth Century Perspectives New YorkRoutledge 2003
    Gray, Erik.Milton and the VictoriansIthaca, NY, and LondonCornell University Press 2009
    Griffin, Dustin H.Regaining Paradise: Milton and the Eighteenth CenturyCambridge University Press 1968
    Hughes, Merritt Y.A Variorum Commentary on the Poems of John MiltonNew YorkColumbia University Press 1970
    Knoppers, Laura LungerSemenza, Gregory M. ColónMilton in Popular CultureNew YorkPalgrave 2006
    Parker, William Riley.Milton’s Contemporary ReputationColumbusOhio State University Press 1940
    Shawcross, John T.Milton: The Critical HeritageNew YorkBarnes and Noble 1970
    Stevenson, Kay Gilliland.Corns, Thomas N.A Companion to MiltonOxfordBlackwell 2001
    Thorpe, JamesMilton Criticism: Selections from Four CenturiesNew YorkOctagon 1950
    Wittreich, Joseph A.The Romantics on Milton: Formal Essays and Critical AsidesClevelandPress of Case Western Reserve University 1970

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