Advanced Literary Study: Paradise Lost (Eng 451)

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Milton, John, 1608-1674

Milton, John, 1608-1674 Criticism and interpretation.

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• John Milton Reading Room (Thomas Luxon, Dartmouth)

  Good, reliable E-texts of Milton's works, some with commentary and textual variants, along with a Selected Bibliography of Criticism, 1987-1996.

• John Milton Website (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil)

• Milton at Otago (John Hale, Otago)

  Some resources local to Otago, but a good miscellaneous collection of Milton material.

• Milton-L Home Page (Kevin Creamer, Richmond)

  A site to support Kevin Creamer's excellent mailing list. Includes chronologies, E-texts, book reviews, events, &etc.

• Milton Review (Kevin Creamer, Richmon)

  On-line review of Milton studies.

• Milton's Works and Life: Select Studies and Resources (R. G. Siemens, Univ. of Alberta)

  iEMLS reproduces Siemens's extensive bibliography, with useful commentary, from The Cambridge Companion to Milton, 2nd ed. Over 300 items. Mighty impressive.

• The Milton-L Home Page 
  "A University of Richmond website devoted to the life, literature and times of John Milton." Articles, links and audio readings of Paradise Lost.http://proxy.elmhurst.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor.org/jstor

• Yahoo! Directory for John Milton 
  A directory of site listings on the web that feature John Milton and/or Paradise Lost. Warning- sites must be evaluated individually for content.

• Milton Quarterly (Journal is available through Project Muse)