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A New Companion to Milton 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.
* Comprises 36 powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar
* Retains 28 of the award-winning essays from the first edition, revised and updated to reflect the most recent research
* Contains a new section exploring Milton's global impact, in China, India, Japan, Korea, in Spanish speaking American and the Arab-speaking world
* Includes eight completely new full-length essays, each of which engages closely with Milton's poetic oeuvre, and a new chronology which sets Milton's life and work in the context of his age
* Explores literary production and cultural ideologies, issues of politics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, and responses to Milton over time