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John Milton : a short introduction

Roy Flannagan (Author)
Using current critical perspectives, this introduction to John Milton, and to his prose and poetry, presents him as a radical social theorist. Its emphasis is on a clear presentation of this complex and sophisticated author and his works
Print Book, English, 2002
Blackwell Publishers, Oxford, UK, 2002
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 132 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780631226208, 9780631226192, 0631226206, 0631226192
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Family background
Milton's education
Marriage and divorce
Early work
Nativity ode
"L'Allegro" and "Il penseroso"
"Lycidas"
Sonnets
Arcades and A masque (known as Comus)
Prose tracts
Plans for tragedies: Paradise lost
"Paradise found" (Paradise regain'd)
Samson Agonistes
Aftermath and influence
Works cited