Regaining Paradise : Milton and the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)

Preface; Introduction; Part I. England's Milton: 1. Milton's politics; 2. Milton's moral idealism; 3. Milton as literary hero; Part II. After Milton: literary possibilities: 4. The traditional genres; 5. Adaptations: re-making Milton; 6. New genres; 7. Regaining paradise; Part III. The Major Writers: 8. Dryden; 9. Pope; 10. Thomson; 11. Johnson; 12. Cowper; Afterword: notes toward an eighteenth century theory of literary influence; Notes; Index.