Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I: Transcendence
6. 1. On the Early Poems 23
7. 2. On “L’Allegro” and “Il Penseroso” 76
8. 3. On the Work Not Called Comus 101
9. 4. On Engagement in A Masque 134
10. 5. On “Lycidas” as Primitive Art 166
11. Part II: Engagement
12. 6. On the Interstitial Latin Poems and an English Fragment 203
13. 7. On the Sonnets and Shorter Poems of the Political Period 220
14. 8. On the Romantics and the Principles of Milton 266
15. Part III: Transcendental Engagement
16. 9. On History in Paradise Lost 303
17. 10. On the Origin in Paradise Lost 340
18. 11. On the Verse of Paradise Lost 370
19. 12. On the Sublime in Paradise Lost 409
20. 13. On Temptation in Paradise Lost 436
21. 14. On the End in Paradise Lost 466
22. 15. On Late Style in Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes 499
23. Appendix I: References and Texts 553
24. Appendix II: Chronology of the Poems 559
25. Notes 569
26. Index 607