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

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

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