San Antonio College Library

"John Milton is one of the most important and influential writers in English literary history. The goal of this book is to make Milton's works more accessible and enjoyable by providing a comprehensive overview of the author's life, times and writings. It describes essential details from Milton's biography, explains some of the cultural and historical contexts in which he wrote, offers fresh analyses of his major pamphlets and poems - including Lycidas,...

A comprehensive guide to the state of Milton studies in the first decade of the 21st century.

"This volumes of essays includes discussions of three major poems by Milton: A mask presented at Ludlow Castle (popularly known as Comus), Lycidas, and Paradise lost."

'A Concise Companion to Milton' provides readers with essential guides to appreciating the works of John Milton, and to understanding the great influence they have had on literature.

"One of the central concerns that engaged John Milton's poetic imagination was the vision given to man when he had put his own inner music in harmony with that of God. In The Harmonious Vision Professor Allen uses this theme as a means of explicating Milton's poetry and of understanding his artistic intent. As the author leads the readers through Milton's "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso" "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," "Lycidas," Samson Agonistes,...