Showing how Milton used words in the extraordinary ways he did, this book provides an account of Milton's writing life, before discussing 'keywords' - the keys

Milton's Words approaches John Milton in both an old and a new way, focusing on his genius with words: keywords - the keys to a text or a theory; words of sexua

Every major poet or philosopher develops their own distinctive semantic field around those terms which matter most to them, or which contribute most profoundly