The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biography Upplaga 1

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. * Provides a close analysis of each of Milton's prose and poetry works. * Reveals how Milton was the first writer to self consciously construct himself as an 'author'. * Focuses on the development of Milton's ideas and his art.