Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton

by Nicholas McDowell

Book Overview

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 unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions. Tracing Milton's literary, intellectual, and political...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691154694
• ISBN13: 9780691154695
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 2.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.4"