LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOTE ON THE SECOND EDITION
PART ONE:THE POET IN HIS SETTING
1 Biographical summaries
Chronological table
Education and reading
The Italian journey
Literary career
Appearance and character
2 Scientifu background
Milton and seventeenth-century science
The macrocosm
The Microcosm
3 Political and religious background
Charles I and Laud
Presbyterians and Independents
Milton and religion
Milton's concept of freedom
4 Literary background
Some foreign influences
Milton and English poetry
Masque and drama
Epic and romance
PART TWO:CRITICAL SURVEY
The young Milton,1625-38
The years of revolution,1639-60
After I660:the great epic
Last years:the two redeemers
PART THREE:REFERENCE SECTION
GENERAL INDEX
INDEX TO MILTON'S WORKS
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