A collection of essays exploring John Milton's rise to popularity and his status as a canonical author. The volume considers Milton's 'authorial persona' in the

William Poole recounts Milton's life as England’s self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written. Ho

Milton finds that almost everything frightens him. Could a chance meeting with a mysterious new friend change the way Milton sees the world, and himself? An ins

A groundbreaking biography of Milton’s formative years that provides a new account of the poet’s political radicalization John Milton (1608–1674) has a un

'Making Darkness Light is an illumination' Adam Phillips 'His sympathetic yet challenging account will undoubtedly win Milton new readers - and for that a choru