milton, john

Describes how C.S. Lewis's Narnia series was influenced by Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen" and John Milton's "Paradise Lost" focusing on the depiction of evil, female characters, symbolic landscapes and settings, and spiritual concepts.

A guide to reading "Paradise Lost" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample test, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.

The life of the well-known English poet and educator set against the social life and historic events of the seventeenth century.

Presents a variety of viewpoints by different critics on the important aspects of seven poems by seventeenth-century poet John Milton, and includes biographical and bibliographical information.

Includes a brief biography of the author, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas.

Clarifies the complexities of Milton's poem and highlights its relevance to our own time.

Presents fourteen critical essays published between 1954 and 2001 on John Milton's "Paradise Lost," "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonistes," "Lycidas," "Comus," and the minor poems, and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.

This biography examines Milton's unorthodox and iconoclastic views on politics, economics, and sex during a time of great religious and political upheaval in England, and discusses the modern-day relevance of his ideas.