John Milton: A Critical Study

John Milton is widely considered among the five greatest poets in the domain of English language. This book is an attempt to portray his life events and present competent critique on his literary works by various reputed scholars. The book consists of the following chapters: John Milton: An Overview; Arminianism and Antinomianism: Milton’s Paradise Lost and the Construction of the Modern Conscience; a Judge After the Sentence of the Law: Fictional Consciousness in Milton’s Samson; The Tyranny of Heav’n: Milton, Magistrates, and the Trhetoric of Satan’s Protestantism in Paradise Lost; England as Israel in Milton’s Writings; Protocols of Reading: Milton and Biography; Milton’s Areopagitica and the Modern First Amendment; “Ay me”: Selfishness and Empathy in “Lycidas”; Paradise Lost and the Acoustics of Hell; etc. This work will prove of utmost use for students, teachers and researchers in the field.