John Milton.

Catalog description

Students study the major poems of Milton-among them Comus, "Lycidas," Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes-giving special attention to Paradise Lost. Students will also consider such prose works as Of Education, the divorce tracts, and Areopagitica, Milton's famous argument against censorship. Finally, it includes lectures on the Puritan Revolution of 1640-60 and Milton's role in it.