CHAPTER NINETEEN. PRAISE OF THE WORK

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. CHAPTER ONE. FAMILY TRADITION 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. CATHOLIC UPBRINGING 11
6. CHAPTER THREE. EDUCATION 23
7. CHAPTER FOUR. TRAVEL 40
8. CHAPTER FIVE. RETURN HOME 53
9. CHAPTER SIX. PROTESTANT 62
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. PHINEAS FLETCHER AND FRANCIS QUARLES 67
11. CHAPTER EIGHT. MAN OF PROPERTY 83
12. CHAPTER NINE. OCCUPATIONS OF A GENTLEMAN 92
13. CHAPTER TEN. READING 109
14. CHAPTER ELEVEN. WRITING 123
15. CHAPTER TWELVE. CIVIL WAR 130
16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE LITERARY GENTLEMAN DURING THE CIVIL WAR 146
17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. IN ACTION FOR THE KING 169
18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN. AFTER THE WAR 175
19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN. INTRODUCTION TO A MAGNUM OPUS 186
20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THEOPHILA 193
21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. ACCRETIONS TO THE WORK 205
22. CHAPTER NINETEEN. PRAISE OF THE WORK 212
23. CHAPTER TWENTY. PUBLICATION OF THE WORK 219
24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. END OF THE LANDED GENTLEMAN 234
25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. POEMS AND LAWSUITS 244
26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. IN CHANCERY 264
27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. OXFORD 276
28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. LAST POEMS 286
29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. PAUPER 297
30. APPENDICES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
31. APPENDIX I. FROM BENLOWES’ NOTEBOOK 307
32. APPENDIX II. BENLOWES’ BORROWINGS FROM MILTON 309
33. APPENDIX III. PEN-AND-INK CORRECTIONS IN THEOPHILA 315
34. APPENDIX IV. ENGRAVINGS AND DECORATIONS IN THEOPHILA 334
35. APPENDIX V. PARALLEL PASSAGES IN THEOPHILA AND THE SUMMARY OF WISΕDOΜΕ 342
36. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES 344
37. INDEX 361