A Reader's Guide to John Milton
Auteur: Marjorie Hope Nicolson
Nombre de pages: 408 pages
ISBN: 0815604963, 9780815604969
Edition: Syracuse University Press
Date de publication: Syracuse University Press
Description: Marjorie Nicolson—one of the foremost authorities on Milton—examines Milton's work, beginning with the famous Minor Poems, "L'Allegro," "II Penseroso," "Comus" (and "Arcades"), and "Lycides." She explores Milton's middle years, when he was diverted from poetry to become Latin Secretary under Oliver Cromwell. Finally, she looks at the great poems, including a book-by-book analysis of Paradise Lost and a careful reading of Milton's poetic "closet drama," Samson Agonistes.