John Milton

In this compelling first volume in the Blackwell Introductions to Literature series, Roy Flannagan, editor of The Milton Quarterly, provides a readable and uncluttered critical account of a complicated and sophisticated author, and his poetry and prose.

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• Puts John Milton under the microscope, using the still-evolving critical perspectives of the last fifty years.
  
• Looks at Milton’s life, and th...