Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Prologue. That I may see and tell vii
3. A Note from the Author xiii
4. Contents xvii
5. I. Cornus, Jonson, and the Critics 1
6. II. Lycidas, the Corrupt Clergy, and the Reformation 29
7. III. The Mysterious Stairs 59
8. IV. The Glassy Sea and the Golden Compasses 88
9. V. Paradise Lost, Protestantism, and the Retreat from Christianity 129
10. VI. The Pattern of Time and Eternity 169
11. VII. Samson Agonistes and the Geneva Bible 201
12. VIII. The Paradise Within 223
13. Bibliography 243
14. Index 255