With literature waning in the interest of so many, is Shakespeare
the only poet the public can still appreciate? John Milton, as this
book makes clear, speaks more powerfully to the eternal questions
and to the important concerns of our time. The Milton of this
volume is an author for all Americans--conservative, liberal,
radical--not only because he was a favorite of the founding
fathers, his voice echoing through their texts and our very
foundation, but also because his visionary writing embodies the
aspirations that have guided Americans seeking ideals of ethical
and spiritual perfection.
Nigel Smith makes a compelling case for Milton's relevance to
our present situation. In direct and accessible terms, he shows how
the seventeenth-century poet, while working to write the greatest
heroic poem in the English language, also managed to theorize about
religious, political, and civil liberty in ways that matter as much
today as they did in Puritanical times. Through concise chapters
that chart Milton's life at the center of the English and European
literary and political scenes--as well as his key themes of free
will, freedom and slavery, love and sexual liberty, the meaning of
creation, and the nature of knowledge--Smith's work brings Milton,
his poetry, and his prose home to readers of our day. A provocative
and enlightening introduction, for newcomers and informed readers
alike, this book rediscovers and redefines Milton for a new
generation, one that especially needs and deserves to know him.
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