A Reader's Guide to John Milton
Author: Marjorie Hope Nicolson
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 1998-02-01
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9780815604969
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Marjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes.