Faithful Labourers: A Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970

Faithful Labourers surveys and evaluates existing criticism of John Milton''s epic Paradise Lost, tracing the major debates as they have unfolded over the past three centuries. Eleven chapters split over two volumes consider the key debates in Milton criticism, including discussion of Milton''s style, his use of the epic genre, and his references to Satan, God, innocence, the fall, sex, nakedness...