A Companion to Milton

Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and a Note on Editions Used.

The Contributors.

Part I: The Cultural Context:.

1. Genre: Barbara K. Lewalski (Harvard University).

2. The Classical Literary Tradition: John K. Hale (University of Otago).

3. Milton on the Bible: Regina M. Schwartz (Northwestern University.

4. Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism: Graham Parry (University of York).

5. Milton and English Poetry: Achsah Guibbory (University of Illinois).

6. Milton’s English: Thomas N.Corns (University of Wales, Bangor).

Part II: Politics and Religion:.

7. The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period: Cedric C. Brown (University of Reading).

8. Milton and Puritanism: N. H. Keeble (Stirling University).

9. Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy: John Rumrich (University of Texas).

10. Milton and Ecology: Diane Kelsey McColley (Rutgers University ).

11. The English and Other People: Andrew Hadfield (University of Wales, Aberystwyth).

12. The Literature of Controversy: Joad Raymond (University of Aberdeen).

Part III: Texts:.

The Early Poetry.

13. ‘On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity’, ‘Upon the Circumcision’ and ‘The Passion’: Thomas N. Corns (University of Wales, Bangor).

14. John Milton’s Comus Leah: S. Marcus (Vanderbilt University).

15. ‘Lycidas’: Stella P. Revard (Southern Illinois University).

16. Early Political Prose: Elizabeth Skerpan Wheeler (Southwest Texas University).

17. Milton, Marriage and Divorce: Annabel Patterson (Yale University).

18. Republicanism: Martin Dzelzainis (Royal Holloway & Bedford New College, University of London).

19. Late Political Prose: Laura Lunger Knoppers (Pennsylvania State University).

The Late Poetry.

20. Paradise Lost in Intellectual History: Stephen M. Fallon (University of Notre Dame).

21. The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost: David Loewenstein (University of Wisconsin-Madison).

22. Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost:: Michael Schoenfeldt (University of Michigan).

23. Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time: Amy Boesky.

24. Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost: John Leonard (University of Western Ontario).

25. Samson Agonistes: Sharon Achinstein (University of Maryland).

26. Pardise Regained: Margaret Kean.

Part IV: Influences and Reputation:.

27. Reading Milton, 1674–1800: Kay Gillard Stevenson (University of Essex).

28. Milton: The Romantics and After: Peter J. Kitson (University of Wales, Bangor).

Part V: Biography:.

29. The Life Records: Gordon Campbell (University of Leicester).

Consolidated Biography.

General Index.