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* A concise, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating the works of John Milton. * Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholars. * Explains how and why Milton's works established their central place in the English literary canon.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction 1
Angelica Duran

Part I Surveys

1 A Reading of His "left hand": Milton's Prose 7
Robert Thomas Fallon

2 "Shedding sweet influence": The Legacy of John Milton's Works 25
John T. Shawcross

3 "The world all before [us]": More than Three Hundred Years of Criticism 43
Roy Flannagan

Part II Textual Sites

4 First and Last Fruits of Education: The Companion Poems, Epistola, and Educational Prose Works 61
Angelica Duran

5 Milton's Heroic Sonnets 78
Annabel Patterson

6 The Lives of Lycidas 95
Paul Alpers

7 A Mask: Tradition and Innovation 111
Katsuhiro Engetsu

8 The Bible, Religion, and Spirituality in Paradise Lost 128
Achsah Guibbory

9 Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Paradise 144
Karen L. Edwards

10 The Ecology of Paradise Lost 161
Juliet Lucy Cummins

11 The Messianic Vision of Paradise Regained 178
David Gay

12 The Nightmare of History: Samson Agonistes 197
Louis Schwartz

Part III Reference Points

Select Chronology: "Speak of things at hand/ Useful" 217
Edward Jones

Select Bibliography: "Much arguing, much writing, many opinions" 235
J. Martin Evans

Index 270

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 12 November 2010
      ISBN-13 9780470656532
      978-0470656532
      ISBN-10 0470656530
      Also in:
      Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      * A concise, accessible guide to understanding and appreciating the works of John Milton. * Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholars. * Explains how and why Milton's works established their central place in the English literary canon.

      Table of Contents

      Notes on Contributors ix

      Introduction 1
      Angelica Duran

      Part I Surveys

      1 A Reading of His "left hand": Milton's Prose 7
      Robert Thomas Fallon

      2 "Shedding sweet influence": The Legacy of John Milton's Works 25
      John T. Shawcross

      3 "The world all before [us]": More than Three Hundred Years of Criticism 43
      Roy Flannagan

      Part II Textual Sites

      4 First and Last Fruits of Education: The Companion Poems, Epistola, and Educational Prose Works 61
      Angelica Duran

      5 Milton's Heroic Sonnets 78
      Annabel Patterson

      6 The Lives of Lycidas 95
      Paul Alpers

      7 A Mask: Tradition and Innovation 111
      Katsuhiro Engetsu

      8 The Bible, Religion, and Spirituality in Paradise Lost 128
      Achsah Guibbory

      9 Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Paradise 144
      Karen L. Edwards

      10 The Ecology of Paradise Lost 161
      Juliet Lucy Cummins

      11 The Messianic Vision of Paradise Regained 178
      David Gay

      12 The Nightmare of History: Samson Agonistes 197
      Louis Schwartz

      Part III Reference Points

      Select Chronology: "Speak of things at hand/ Useful" 217
      Edward Jones

      Select Bibliography: "Much arguing, much writing, many opinions" 235
      J. Martin Evans

      Index 270

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