- Preface
- Introduction
- I. Transcendence
- 1. On the Early Poems
- 2. On “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso”
- 3. On the Work Not Called Comus
- 4. On Engagement in A Masque
- 5. On “Lycidas” as Primitive Art
- II. Engagement
- 6. On the Interstitial Latin Poems and an English Fragment
- 7. On the Sonnets and Shorter Poems of the Political Period
- 8. On the Romantics and the Principles of Milton
- III. Transcendental Engagement
- 9. On History in Paradise Lost
- 10. On the Origin in Paradise Lost
- 11. On the Verse of Paradise Lost
- 12. On the Sublime in Paradise Lost
- 13. On Temptation in Paradise Lost
- 14. On the End in Paradise Lost
- 15. On Late Style in Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes
- Appendix I. References and Texts
- Appendix II. Chronology of the Poems
- Notes
- Index


The Poetry of John Milton
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Publication Date: 06/15/2015