The first biography of Milton based on original research for 40 years, and first to take account of new thinking about 17th-century England.

Balancing accessibility with academic rigor, this volume: Examines the significant aspects of Milton’s life and work, including his poetry and prose, his government writings, his travels, and his final years Explores Milton’s Protestant ...

Providing a close examination of Milton's wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a rather different Milton from that in earlier accounts.

At the same time, McDowell presents fresh, richly contextual readings of Milton’s best-known works from this period, including the “Nativity Ode,” “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso,” Comus, and “Lycidas.” Challenging ...

Self-representation, intention, and authority -- Interlude : the 1633 "Letter to a friend" -- The least of sinners : Milton in context -- "Himself before himself" : the early works -- "Kingdom of free spirits" : the anti-prelatical works -- ...

This book is a revealing look at the life and work of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison.

William Poole recounts Milton's life as England’s self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written.

The Bard meets "House" in this illumination of the medical mysteries surrounding 10 of the English language's most heralded writers, including John Milton, Jonathan Swift, and Jack London.

The facts of John Milton's life are well documented, but what of the person Milton—the man whose poetic and prose works have been deeply influential and are still the subject of opposing readings?