Milton : a biography / William Riley Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, William Riley, 1906-1968.

Contributor:

Campbell, Gordon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Milton, John.

Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.

Poets, English.

Poets, English--Early modern--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xx, 1539 pages) : portrait ; 23 cm

Edition:

Second edition / revised version edited by Gordon Campbell.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Summary:

When this monumental work was first published in 1968, it was hailed as one of the great literary biographies of the century. Based on a vast range of documentary evidence, the book is essential reading for all students of Milton and seventeenth-century literature. This new edition of the biography has been revised and serves as a complete, self-contained, and accessible account of Milton's life.

Contents:

v. 1. The life.

V. 2. Commentary, notes, index, and finding-list.

Notes:

Vol. 2 has title: Milton: a biographical commentary.

ISBN:

0198128894

0198129009

OCLC:

187447896