Cambridge Companion to Milton

The Cambridge Companion to Milton provides an accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions and climate in which his works were published and received, the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of previous decades. The Companion's updated bibliography of studies and resources on Milton's works and life is available online at .

Preface
John Milton: significant dates

1. Milton's social life Stephen B. Dobranski
2. Milton's Ludlow masque Cedric Brown
3. Lycidas J. Martin Evans
4. Poems 1645: the future poet Colin Burrow
5. Milton's politics Martin Dzelzainis
6. Milton's prose Thomas N. Corns
7. Milton's sonnets and his contemporaries R. F. Hall
8. The genres of Paradise Lost Barbara Kiefer Lewalski
9. Language and knowledge in Paradise Lost John Leonard
10. The Fall and Milton's theodicy Dennis Danielson
11. Milton's Satan John Carey
12. Milton and the sexes Diane K. McColley
13. Milton and the reforming spirit Georgia Christopher
14. How Milton read the Bible: the case of Paradise Regained Mary Ann Radzinowicz
15. A reading of Samson Agonistes Joan S. Bennett
16. Milton's readers Nicholas von Maltzahn
17. Milton's place in intellectual history William Kerrigan
18. Milton's works and life: select studies and resources R. G. Siemens

Index.