Bücher von George W. Whiting

Believing that Milton has a vital message for the modern world, Whiting has abandoned the usual pattern for examining a poet-study of versification, meter, and other poetic devices-in favor of an exposition of the spiritual and moral meaning of Milton's

The purpose of this work is to foster a more just appreciation of Milton's relation to the literature of a complex and vital age. The book examines the relation of Milton's poetry to certain contemporary works and older works that were then available, and analyses the relation of some of Milton's pamphlets to controversial writing during his age.