There is a crying need for an accessible, comprehensive guide to John Milton for the thousands of students who make their way through his poetry every year on literary survey and seventeenth century literature courses. Where many previous guides have dragged their way through Paradise Lost, Richard Bradford brings Milton to life with an overview of his life, contexts, work and the relationship between these, and of the main critical issues surrounding his work.

Richard Bradford, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Jan Jederzejewski University of Ulster at Coleraine, Duncan Wu, St Catherine's College, University of Oxford

Chapter 1 Introduction; Part 1 Life and Contexts; Part 2 Work; Part 3 Criticism;