New Companion to Milton

Thomas N. Corns is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Bangor University. Together with Gordon Campbell, he is the General Editor of The Complete Works of John Milton. His recent publications include John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought (with Gordon Campbell, 2008), an edition of the complete works of Gerrard Winstanley (with Ann Hughes and David Loewenstein, 2009), and The Milton Encyclopedia (2012). He is currently working with David Loewenstein on a scholarly edition of Paradise Lost. Professor Corns is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honored Scholar of the Milton Society of America.

"A New Companion to Milton, edited by Thomas N. Corns, is a veritable compendium. With sections on The Cultural Context, Politics and Religion, Texts, Influence and Impact, and Chronology, and almost forty chapters, this is an impressive tome in every way."—George E. Haggerty, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Volume 57, Number 3, Summer 2017

• Notes on Contributors ixPreface xviiNote on Editions Used xviiiList of Abbreviations xixPart I The Cultural Context 11 Genre 3Barbara K. Lewalski2 The Classical Literary Tradition 22John K. Hale3 Milton on the Bible 37Regina M. Schwartz4 Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism 55Graham Parry5 Milton and English Poetry 71Achsah Guibbory6 Milton's English 90Thomas N. CornsPart II Politics and Religion 1077 The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period 109Cedric C. Brown8 Milton and Puritanism 124N. H. Keeble9 Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy 141John Rumrich10 Milton and Ecology 157Diane Kelsey McColley11 The English and Other Peoples 174Andrew Hadfield12 The Literature of Controversy 191Joad RaymondPart III Texts 21113 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity,' 'Upon the Circumcision,' and 'The Passion' 213Thomas N. Corns14 The Poetic Promise of 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' 230Noam Reisner15 John Milton's Comus 241Leah S. Marcus16 'Lycidas' 255Stella P. Revard17 Milton's Sonnets 270Ryan Netzley18 Exact Latinity and Excellent English: Milton's Early Poetry 282Sarah Knight19 Early Political Prose 291Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler20 Milton, Marriage, and Divorce 308Annabel Patterson21 Republicanism 323Martin Dzelzainis22 Late Political Prose 338Laura Lunger Knoppers23 Milton in Intellectual History 356Stephen M. Fallon24 The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost 376David Loewenstein25 Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost 391Michael Schoenfeldt26 Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time 408Amy Boesky27 Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost 421John Leonard28 A Paradise for Poets 439Maggie Kilgour29 Milton and his Epic Precursors: Overgoing and Recuperation 450Tobias Gregory30 'Nor vacuous the space': Milton's Chaos and the Vacuist–Plenist Controversy 460Rachel Trubowitz31 Samson Agonistes 475Sharon Achinstein32 Memorial, Performance, and Tragic Action in Samson Agonistes 493Feisal G. Mohamed33 Paradise Regained 503Margaret Kean34 Satan, the Son of God, and the Brief Epic 517Thomas N. CornsPart IV Influences and Impact 52935 Reading Milton, 1674–1800 531Kay Gilliland Stevenson36 Milton: The Romantics and After 547Peter J. Kitson37 Milton's Global Impact 566The Arabic-Speaking World 567Islam IssaChina 570Tianhu HaoIndia 573Malabika SarkarJapan 576Hiroko SanoKorea 579Byung-Eun LeeSpanish]Speaking America 581Mario MurgiaPart V Chronology 585The Life and Times of John Milton: A Chronology 587Thomas N. CornsConsolidated Bibliography 602Index 641