John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought

by Gordon Campbell and Thomas N. Corns

Book Overview

Written by two of the world's leading Milton scholars, widely praised as "illuminating" (Times Literary Supplement), "seamlessly written (Publishers Weekly), and "a book of permanent value" (Literary Review), and winner of the Milton Society's James Holly Hanford Award, this magnificent biography sheds fresh new light on the writings, the thought, and the life of poet John Milton. A more human Milton appears in these pages, a Milton who is flawed,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199591032
• ISBN13: 9780199591039
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Excellent biography

Though not a Milton scholar, I do appreciate this biography's up-to-date scholarly apparatus--one could follow those notes for years--and attention to detail. But the plus is that the book is well written from a narrative standpoint. This is a satisfying work for anyone who loves Milton's poetry and wants to know something about the life and the world that produced it.