milton, john

A study guide to the seventeenth-century work "Paradise Lost," by John Milton, providing information about the author, facts about the characters, summaries and commentaries on the text, and review questions.

Explores how the works of John Milton interacted with the revolutionary work of his contemporaries in science to contribute to the advancement of learning that took place during Milton's life.

Presents a survey of the life and times of seventeenth-century English author John Milton, discussing his epic poems, "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," and "Samson Agonistes," in the context of the times in which they were written.

Explores the precedents, circumstances, and artistry of the first perfect poems composed by John Milton, John Keats, T.S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath.

Presents John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost," in which Satan attempts to exact revenge on God after being cast out of Heaven, and includes explanatory notes; source texts such as Bible selections and prose works by Milton; and forty-eight works of criticism by such figures as John Dryden, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, T. S. Eliot, C. S. Lewis, Northrop Frye, Stanley Fish, and Helen Vendler.