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THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR <p><b>An expansive biography of John Milton, including an assessment of his poetry and prose and an account of the ways in which he has been presented over the past three and a half centuries—written by a leading scholar in the field</b><p>It is hard to overstate the role that John Milton played in the historical, political and literary controversies of seventeenth century England; his writings and very life challenged the status quo. Living through one of the most tumultuous periods in British history, Milton was involved at every turn. Struggling to reconcile his private beliefs with his involvement with a radical political experiment, a republic which involved the killing of the monarch, his star rose and fell several times during his life. Married three times, struck blind at a cruelly early age, he was a famed pamphleteer and political activist whose revolutionary political credos placed him in mortal danger after the Restoration. Milton’s varied life makes for fascinating reading but it also produced some of the most important poetry in the English language. <i>Paradise Lost</i>, the only poem in English recognized as an epic, challenged conventional thinking on widespread topics from religion and gender equality to the fundamental question of why we behave as we do.<p>This fascinating new biography is divided into two parts. The first separates the man from the myth, and elucidates the complicated details of Milton’s life from his early years as a literary artist uncertain of his destiny, through his work as a propagandist for the Cromwellian republic, to his rewriting of the Old Testament story of the Fall as a poetic allegory of more recent history. The second looks at how biographers and critics from the seventeenth century to the present day have distorted and manipulated the personality of Milton to suit their biases. Balancing accessibility with academic rigor, this volume:<ul><li>Examines the significant aspects of Milton’s life and work, including his poetry and prose, his government writings, his travels, and his final years</li><li>Explores Milton’s Protestant and republican influences in <i>Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained</i>, and his other literary works</li><li>Highlights the differences and similarities between Milton’s poetry and political prose</li><li>Follows the history of biographical and critical presentations of Milton from the seventeenth century onwards, including his adoption as a hero of Romanticism and his survival in the twentieth century as, allegedly, a sceptical humanist</li><li>Addresses modern critiques of Milton in Marxism, Feminism, and other branches of Theory</li></ul><p><i>The Life of the Author: John Milton. Poet and Revolutionary</i> is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students, university lecturers, and academic researchers in relevant fields, particularly seventeenth century poetry and history, as well as literary biography and the history of criticism.

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The Life of the Author

This new series aims to transform literary biography from its status as a resource for facts and details to that of a dynamic, innovative aspect of teaching, criticism and research. Outside universities, lives of writers are by far the most popular genre of books about literature, but within them they are neglected as a focus for interpretation and as frameworks for advanced research. The Life of the Author will reverse this imbalance by exploring new questions on how and why our conception of the author frames our evaluation and understanding of their work.

New books in this series

The Life of the Author: John Milton.

The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou

The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare

The Life of the Author: John Milton

Richard Bradford

Series Editor: Richard Bradford

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Contents

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2 Series Page The Life of the Author This new series aims to transform literary biography from its status as a resource for facts and details to that of a dynamic, innovative aspect of teaching, criticism and research. Outside universities, lives of writers are by far the most popular genre of books about literature, but within them they are neglected as a focus for interpretation and as frameworks for advanced research. The Life of the Author will reverse this imbalance by exploring new questions on how and why our conception of the author frames our evaluation and understanding of their work. New books in this series The Life of the Author: John Milton. The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare

3 Title page The Life of the Author: John Milton Richard Bradford Series Editor: Richard Bradford

4 Copyright

5 Dedication

6 Acknowledgements

7 Introduction

8 Part One: Life Chapter 1: The City of London Chapter 2: Cambridge Chapter 3: Preparation Chapter 4: Travels Chapter 5: The Civil War Chapter 6: The Cromwellian Republic Chapter 7: The Restoration Chapter 8: Paradise Lost Chapter 9: Milton’s Last Years and Paradise Regained

9 Part Two: Lives After Death Chapter 10: The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Chapter 11: The Romantics and the Victorians Chapter 12: The Twentieth Century Chapter 13: Critical Theory

10 Abbreviations and Referencing

11 Bibliography

12 Index

13 End User License Agreement

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2 Series Page The Life of the Author This new series aims to transform literary biography from its status as a resource for facts and details to that of a dynamic, innovative aspect of teaching, criticism and research. Outside universities, lives of writers are by far the most popular genre of books about literature, but within them they are neglected as a focus for interpretation and as frameworks for advanced research. The Life of the Author will reverse this imbalance by exploring new questions on how and why our conception of the author frames our evaluation and understanding of their work. New books in this series The Life of the Author: John Milton. The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou The Life of the Author: William Shakespeare

3 Title page The Life of the Author: John Milton Richard Bradford Series Editor: Richard Bradford

4 Copyright

5 Dedication

6 Table of Contents

7 Acknowledgements

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