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<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Preface xvii</p> <p>Note on Editions Used xviii</p> <p>List of Abbreviations xix</p> <p><b>Part I The Cultural Context 1</b></p> <p>1 Genre 3<br /><i>Barbara K. Lewalski</i></p> <p>2 The Classical Literary Tradition 22<br /><i>John K. Hale</i></p> <p>3 Milton on the Bible 37<br /><i>Regina M. Schwartz</i></p> <p>4 Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism 55<br /><i>Graham Parry</i></p> <p>5 Milton and English Poetry 71<br /><i>Achsah Guibbory</i></p> <p>6 Milton's English 90<br /><i>Thomas N. Corns</i></p> <p><b>Part II Politics and Religion 107</b></p> <p>7 The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period 109<br /><i>Cedric C. Brown</i></p> <p>8 Milton and Puritanism 124<br /><i>N. H. Keeble</i></p> <p>9 Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy 141<br /><i>John Rumrich</i></p> <p>10 Milton and Ecology 157<br /><i>Diane Kelsey McColley</i></p> <p>11 The English and Other Peoples 174<br /><i>Andrew Hadfield</i></p> <p>12 The Literature of Controversy 191<br /><i>Joad Raymond</i></p> <p><b>Part III Texts 211</b></p> <p>13 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity,' 'Upon the Circumcision,' and 'The Passion' 213<br /><i>Thomas N. Corns</i></p> <p>14 The Poetic Promise of 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' 230<br /><i>Noam Reisner</i></p> <p>15 John Milton's Comus 241<br /><i>Leah S. Marcus</i></p> <p>16 'Lycidas' 255<br /><i>Stella P. Revard</i></p> <p>17 Milton's Sonnets 270<br /><i>Ryan Netzley</i></p> <p>18 Exact Latinity and Excellent English: Milton's Early Poetry 282<br /><i>Sarah Knight</i></p> <p>19 Early Political Prose 291<br /><i>Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler</i></p> <p>20 Milton, Marriage, and Divorce 308<br /><i>Annabel Patterson</i></p> <p>21 Republicanism 323<br /><i>Martin Dzelzainis</i></p> <p>22 Late Political Prose 338<br /><i>Laura Lunger Knoppers</i></p> <p>23 Milton in Intellectual History 356<br /><i>Stephen M. Fallon</i></p> <p>24 The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost 376<br /><i>David Loewenstein</i></p> <p>25 Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost 391<br /><i>Michael Schoenfeldt</i></p> <p>26 Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time 408<br /><i>Amy Boesky</i></p> <p>27 Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost 421<br /><i>John Leonard</i></p> <p>28 A Paradise for Poets 439<br /><i>Maggie Kilgour</i></p> <p>29 Milton and his Epic Precursors: Overgoing and Recuperation 450<br /><i>Tobias Gregory</i></p> <p>30 'Nor vacuous the space': Milton's Chaos and the Vacuist–Plenist Controversy 460<br /><i>Rachel Trubowitz</i></p> <p>31 Samson Agonistes 475<br /><i>Sharon Achinstein</i></p> <p>32 Memorial, Performance, and Tragic Action in Samson Agonistes 493<br /><i>Feisal G. Mohamed</i></p> <p>33 Paradise Regained 503<br /><i>Margaret Kean</i></p> <p>34 Satan, the Son of God, and the Brief Epic 517<br /><i>Thomas N. Corns</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Influences and Impact 529</b></p> <p>35 Reading Milton, 1674–1800 531<br /><i>Kay Gilliland Stevenson</i></p> <p>36 Milton: The Romantics and After 547<br /><i>Peter J. Kitson</i></p> <p>37 Milton's Global Impact 566</p> <p>The Arabic-Speaking World 567<br /><i>Islam Issa</i></p> <p>China 570<br /><i>Tianhu Hao</i></p> <p>India 573<br /><i>Malabika Sarkar</i></p> <p>Japan 576<br /><i>Hiroko Sano</i></p> <p>Korea 579<br /><i>Byung-Eun Lee</i></p> <p>Spanish?]Speaking America 581<br /><i>Mario Murgia</i></p> <p><b>Part V Chronology 585</b></p> <p>The Life and Times of John Milton: A Chronology 587<br /><i>Thomas N. Corns</i></p> <p>Consolidated Bibliography 602</p> <p>Index 641</p>

<p>"<i>A New Companion to Milton</i>, edited by Thomas N. Corns, is a veritable compendium. With sections on The Cultural Context, Politics and Religion, Texts, Influence and Impact, and Chronology, and almost forty chapters, this is an impressive tome in every way."<br />—<b>George E. Haggerty, <i>SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Volume 57, Number 3, Summer 2017</i></b></p>

<b>Thomas N. Corns</b> is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Bangor University. Together with Gordon Campbell, he is the General Editor of <i>The Complete Works of John Milton</i>. His recent publications include <i>John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought</i> (with Gordon Campbell, 2008), an edition of the complete works of Gerrard Winstanley (with Ann Hughes and David Loewenstein, 2009), and <i>The Milton Encyclopedia </i>(2012). He is currently working with David Loewenstein on a scholarly edition of <i>Paradise Lost</i>. Professor Corns is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honored Scholar of the Milton Society of America.

<i>A New Companion to Milton</i> builds on the critically-acclaimed original, bringing alive the diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies while reflecting the very latest advances in research in the field. The <i>Companion</i> explores literary production and cultural ideologies, issues of politics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, and relevant contemporary texts and responses to Milton over time. <br /><br />Extensively revised and updated to reflect the most recent research, this new edition also conveys the excitement of recent developments through the addition of eight original essays, each of which engages closely with Milton's poetic oeuvre. It now includes a new section exploring Milton's global impact in China, India, Japan, Korea, in Spanish-speaking American and the Arab-speaking world, along with a chronology which sets Milton's life and work in the context of his age. The result is a thoroughly wide-ranging Companion that offers a balance between critical<br />readings and historical and cultural context.

<p>"<i>A New Companion to Milton</i> updates the award-winning Blackwell <i>Companion</i> from 2001 by providing revisions of all but one of its original essays and by supplementing them with nine new essays on subjects ranging from Milton's sonnets and Latinity to his epic precursors and global reach. Particularly noteworthy are reports on the poet's afterlife in the Arabic-speaking world, Spanish-speaking America, China, India, Korea, and Japan."<br />—<b>Edward Jones, <i>The Milton Quarterly</i></b></p> <p>"The first edition of <i>A Companion to Milton</i> has long been an invaluable resource for students of Milton, and after 15 years, the expansion and reworking of the essays brings scholarship and critical thinking up to date. Thomas Corns has once again done a splendid job of assembling a team of scholars who can write accessibly and engagingly about Milton."<br />—<b>Gordon Campbell, University of Leicester</b></p> <p>"<i>A New Companion to Milton</i> – a revised, updated, and enlarged edition of the outstanding first Blackwell’s Companion – will prove indispensable for all students and scholars of Milton and his works. The range of essays is formidable, and the new section on Milton's global impact is particularly welcome"<br />—<b>Karen Edwards, University of Exeter</b></p>

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