ABSTRACT

First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various themes, context and structure of Milton’s poetry, with particular focus on L’Allegro, Il Penseroso and Lycidas. This title will be of great interest to students of John Milton and English Literature.

chapter 1|11 pages

The young Milton

chapter 3|5 pages

The Latin poems

chapter 4|51 pages

English poems written at Cambridge

chapter 5|24 pages

Some poems written at Horton

chapter 7|14 pages

Arcades

chapter 8|73 pages

Comus

chapter 9|98 pages

Lycidas