Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction ix
4. Acknowledgments xxvii
5. Part I. The Shepherd's Trade: Poems of Mr. John Milton, Both English and Latin, London, 1645
6. 1. The Pastoral Music: A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle 3
7. 2. The Rising Poet 31
8. 3. Lycidas: Building the Lofty Rhyme 60
9. Part II. Paradise Lost: Poem of Exile
10. 4. Princes of Exile 79
11. 5. The Realms of Light 95
12. 6. The Diffusion of Good 114
13. 7. The Power of Choice 127
14. 8. The Winding Up of the Action 142
15. 9. "A Poem Written in Ten Books" 155
16. 10. Trials of Faith 169
17. 11. The Solitary Way 185
18. Part III. Paradise Lost: Figurations of Ovid
19. 12. The Anti-Heroic Epic 203
20. 13. Pastoral Love: Versions and Subversions 219
21. 14. The Ultimate Design 232
22. Part IV. The Chosen Sons
23. 15. Paradise Regained: The Interior Teacher 247
24. 16. Samson Agonistes: The Breath of Heaven 272
25. Appendix 1. Paradise Regained and the Georgics 293
26. Appendix 2. Amor and Furor: Anti-Heroic Themes and the Unity of Ovid's Metamorphoses 305
27. Notes 309
28. List of Illustrations 341
29. Index 345