1 Milton's social life STEPHEN B．DOBRANSKI 1
CONTENTS 9
List ofcontributors 9
Listofillustrations 10
Preface 11
Jobn Milton：significantdates 16
Noteonthetextandlist ofabbreviations 17
2 Milton's Ludlow Masque CEDRIC BROWN 25
3 Lycidas J．MARTIN EVANS 39
4 Poems 1645：thefuturepoet COLIN BURRO W 54
5 Mikon's politics MARTIN DZELZAINIS 70
6 Milton's prose THOMAS N．CORNS 84
7 Milton's sonnets and his contemporaries R．F．HALL 98
8 The genresofParadiseLost BARBARA KIEFER LEWALSKI 113
9 Language and knowledge in Paradise Lost JOHN LEONARD 130
10 The Fall and Milton's theodicy DENNIS DANIELSON 144
11 Milton's Satan JOHN CAREY 160
12 Milton and the sexes DIANE K．MCCOLLEY 175
13 Milton and the reforming spirit GEORGIA CHRISTOPHER 193
14 How Milton read the Bible：the case of Paradise Regained MARY ANN RADZINOWICZ 202
15 Reading Samson Agonistes JOAN S．BENNETT 219
16 Milton's readers NICHOLAS VON MALTZAHN 236
17 Milton's place in intellectual history WILLIAM KERRIGAN 253
18 Milton's works and life：select studies and resources R．G．SIEMENS 268
Index 291