Author: Barbara K. Lewalski

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 816

ISBN-13: 0470776846

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.