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More About This Title Life of John Milton
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- 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.
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Preface.
Acknowledgments.
List of Abbreviations.
1. ‘The childhood shews the man" (1608-1625).
2. "To Cambridge . . . for seven years" (1625-1632).
3. "Studious Retirement": Hammersmith and Horton (1632-1638).
4. "I became desirous . . . of seeing foreign parts, especially Italy" (1638-1639).
5. "All mouths were opened against . . . the bishops" (1639-1642).
6. "Domestic or Personal Liberty" (1642-1645).
7. "Service . . . Between Private Walls" (1645-1649).
8. "The so-called Council of State . . . desired to employ my services" (1649- 1652).
9. "Tireless . . . for the sake of Liberty" (1652-1654).
10. "I . . . still bear up and steer/ Right onward" (1654-1658).
11 "The last words of our expiring libertie" (1658-1660).
12 "In darknes, and with dangers compast round" (1660-1665).
13. "Higher Argument": Completing and Publishing Paradise Lost (1665-1669).
14. "To try, and teach the erring Soul" (1669-1674).
Epilogue: "Something ... Written to Aftertimes.".
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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"Arguably the most readable of modern Milton biographies, it reshapes our understanding of Milton the man, the thinker, political and religious activist, husband, parent, friend ...it is certain to be a classic among Milton studies" Reference Reviews
"The Life of John Milton . . . combines lucidity with its formidable erudition."
Terry Eagleton, The Observer Books of the Year, 2001
"A rigorous, up-to-date, yet surprisingly readable account of Milton's life and work… anyone concerned with the poet or the period will have to possess this book."
The Independent
"[Lewalski] has produced an outstanding biography, one that is reliable and readable. [...] It will be vaulable, not only to Milton specialists and students of English literature but to anyone who wants to learn about Milton's life and work."
Virginia Quarterly Review
"Lewalski's volume is immensely useful. In the process of discussing Milton's life and works, she gives the reader a believable figure facing major events and also the everyday business of moving through life. Such an appealing and readbale portrayal is welcome."
Renaissance Quarterly
"As a biography of Milton, Lewalski's Life is likely to remain the definitive work for decades to come." Church Times
"The Life of John Milton is the magnum opus of Barbara K Lewalski, one of the leading Miltonists of the past half-century. [...] As an introduction to Milton's life and work it is likely to remain unequalled for years to come - that rare thing, a work of reference to be read with profit and pleasure from cover to cover."
MLR
"Her achievements scarcely need endorsement. Unsurprising, she once more surefootedly picks her way through the polemical prose while writing richly about the major poetry." Milton Quarterly