Further Reading
- Barker, Arthur. "The End of the Good Monarchy" in his Milton and the Puritan Dilemma, 1641-1660. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1942, pp. 123-33. (Discusses Milton's "moderate Puritanism" as the basis for his political writings, focusing on the years 1649-54, and Milton's views on the relationship between church and state.)
- Bowra, C. M. "Milton and the Destiny of Man." In From Virgil to Milton, pp. 194-247. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1967. (Discusses epic form in Paradise Lost.)
- Broadbent, John (ed). John Milton: Introductions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1973, 344 pp. (Offers a variety of essays on Milton and seventeenth century culture.)
- Corthell, Ronald J. "Milton and the Possibilities of Theory." In Reconsidering the Renaissance, edited by Mario A. Di Cesare, pp. 489-99. Binghamton: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, 1992. (Comments on recent theoretical approaches to Milton.)
- Daiches, David. "Some Aspects of Milton's Pastoral Imagery." In More Literary Essays, Edinburgh, London: Oliver & Boyd, 1968, pp. 96-114. (Examines the influence of Greek and Latin bucolic poetry on Milton's work.)
- Davies, Stevie. Images of Kingship in Paradise Lost: Milton's Politics and Christian Liberty. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1983, 248p. (Focuses on Milton's use of images of kingship as an important allegorical symbol in his epic and Milton draws on different models of kingship from different cultures.)
- Empson, William. Milton's God. London: Chatto and Windus, 1961, 343 p. (Analyzes the theology of Paradise Lost.)
- Fogle, French R. "Milton as Historian" in Milton and Clarendon: Two Papers on 17th Century English Historiography presented at a seminar held at the Clark Library on December 12, 1964, by French R. Fogle and H. R. Trevor-Roper. Los Angeles: University of California, 1965, pp. 1-18. (Discusses Milton's understanding of the importance of history and his methodology: provides an overview of His training and reading in history, the influence of classical history and medieval church history, his changing views on the role of providence and the role of divine will, at end article criticizes Milton for being backwards in his methodology.)
- Friedman, Donald. "Harmony and the Poet's Voice in Some of Milton's Early Poems." Modern Language Quarterly, VOL. XXX (1969): 523-34. (Discusses Milton's creation of his poetic persona in poems before Paradise Lost.)
- Frye, Northrop. "Literature as Context: Milton's 'Lycidas.'" In Comparative Literature, pp. 44-55. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1959. (Uncovers the mythic framework of "Lycidas.")
- Geisst, Charles R. "History and Society" from his The Political Thought of John Milton. London: MacMillan, 1984, pp. 39-51. (Discusses Milton's view of history and knowledge and how virtuous political action and not just having knowledge is what counts.)
- Hill, Christopher. "Eikonoklastes and Idolatry" in his Milton and the English Revolution. New York: Viking, 1977, pp. 171-81. (Discussion of the Eikonoklastes as Milton's response to the publication of the Eikon Basilike after Charles I, focusing on Milton's antipathy to idolatry and its papist origins, and Milton's defense of Protestantism for its prohibition on worshipping graven images.)
- Kermode, Frank. The Living Milton. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1968, 179 p. (Collects influential examples of Milton criticism.)
- Knight, G. Wilson. "The Frozen Labyrinth: An Essay on Milton." In The Burning Oracle: Studies in the Poetry of Action, pp. 59-113. London: Oxford University Press, 1939. (Finds Milton's poetry to be chillingly forbidding.)
- Lewalski, Barbara K. "Milton on Women—Yet Once More." Milton Studies, VOL. VI (1974): 3-19. (Discusses the limitations of feminist criticism of Paradise Lost.)
- Lowenstein, David. "'An Ambiguous Monster': Representing Rebellion in Milton's Polemics and Paradise Lost." The Huntington Library Quarterly. Vol. 55, No. 2 (Spring 1992): 295-315. (Examines Milton's complex treatment of the theme of rebellion with a focus on the political tracts of 1649 and Paradise Lost.)
- McCarthy, William. "The Continuity of Milton's Sonnets." Publications of the Modern Language Association, Vol. LXXVII, No. 2 (January 1977), pp. 96-109. (Finds patterns in Milton's sonnets related to his career as a poet.)
- Milner, Andrew. John Milton and the English Revolution: A Study in the Sociology of Literature. London: MacMillan, 1981, pp. 235-42. (Contains many bibliographic references to studies of Milton by Marxist critics.)
- Muir, Kenneth. John Milton. London: Longmans, Green, 1955, 196 p. (Defends Milton against the attacks of modern critics.)
- Patrick, J. Max and Roger H. Sundell (eds.) Milton and the Art of Sacred Song. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1979, 154 p. (Includes essays on Christian language and thought in Milton's poetry.)
- Patrides, C. A. An Annotated Critical Bibliography of John Milton. Brighton, Sussex: 1987, 200 p. (Guide to Milton criticism.)
- Richmond, Hugh M. The Christian Revolutionary. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974, 204 p. (Examines Milton's writings from the view of their responsiveness to the political and theological issues of his time.)
- Rogers, John. "Milton and the Mysterious Terms of History" from his The Matter of Revolution: Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1996, pp. 144-176. (Discusses roles of providence and free will in Paradise Lost focusing on historical agency and Adam and Eve's expulsion from Eden.)
- Samuel, Irene. "The Development of Milton's Poetics." Publications of the Modern Language Association, VOL. LXXXXII, No. 2 (March 1977): 231-40. (Comments on Milton's attitudes to the art of poetry.)
- Schifforst, Gerald J. John Milton. New York: Continuum, 1990. (Bibliographic guide to critical and biographical books on Milton and his works.)
- Sharratt, Bernard. "The Appropriation of Milton" in Essays & Studies 1982: The Poet's Power, edited by Suheil Bushrui, pp. 30-44. London: John Murray, 1982. (Brief study of Milton's impact on later generations of readers and his influence on the development of literary criticism; also discusses Milton's own notion of "the poet".)
- Shawcross, John. Milton: The Critical Heritage. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1970, 276 p. (Collects 18th and 19th century critical responses to Milton's poetry.)
- Snider, Alvin S. Origin and Authority in Seventeenth-Century England: Bacon, Milton, Butler. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994, 286 p. (Discusses Milton's attitude toward both secular and divine authority.)
- Steadman, John M. Milton's Biblical and Classical Imagery. Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 1984, 258 p. (Identifies classical and scriptural motifs in Milton's poetry.)
- Tillyard, E.M. Studies in Milton. London: Chatto & Windus, I960, 176 p. (Presents essays on subjects ranging from Paradise Lost to Milton's humor.)
- Untermeyer, Louis. "Blind Visionary: John Milton." In Lives of the Poets, pp. 170-92. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1959. (Traces biographical influences on Milton's poetry.)
- Wilding, Michael. "Milton's Early Radicalism" in his Dragons Teeth: Literature in the English Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, pp. 7-27. (Discussion of Milton's early poetry, particularly his Poems of 1645—examination of the tension between Milton's desire to present a conservative front yet radical political impulses are present in his early poetry.)
- Wilding, Michael. Dragon's Teeth: Literature in the English Revolution. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, 286 p. (Includes several new historicist essays on Milton's poetry and politics.)
- Wilson, A. N. The Life of John Milton. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983, 278 p. (Offers a detailed literary biography, with excellent historical context.)
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