Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost

by William Frederick Poole

Book Overview

Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost tells the story of John Milton's life as England's self-elected national poet and explains how the single greatest poem of the English language came to be written.

In early 1642 Milton--an obscure private schoolmaster--promised English readers a work of literature so great that "they should not willingly let it die." Twenty-five years later, toward the end of 1667, the work he had pledged appeared...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674971078
• ISBN13: 9780674971073
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"