<p>"Milton engaged with Roman Catholicism in a variety of contexts and in many different ways. This diversity, however, rarely attracts comment. This is a book that fills a gap, without competitors, and one that promises to open up new lines of enquiry. It is also (as the introduction notes) in tune with a renewed scholarly interest in the cultural history of Roman Catholicism in early modern England." —N. H. Keeble, emeritus, University of Stirling</p>

<p>"This book is to be warmly welcomed as the first full-scale investigation of Milton’s engagements with Catholicism. It examines his fierce Protestant anti-Catholic sentiment, as well as his admiration for the culture and intellectual life of Catholic Italy. It considers how Milton’s responses to Catholicism interacted with his literary creativity and religious beliefs in his prose and poetry. Its contributors also offer fresh perspectives on the complex relation between intolerance and toleration in Milton and his contemporaries. This book is a major contribution to work on Catholicism and anti-Catholicism in early modern England." —David Loewenstein, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English and the Humanities, Penn State–University Park</p>

<p>"This timely and well-crafted volume breaks important new ground in showing how Milton’s responses to Catholicism are less binary, more imaginative, and more closely linked with his own poetic and national self-fashioning than has been recognized. A major new contribution to scholarly discussion of the construction of religious identity in early modern England, <i>Milton and Catholicism</i> should be of considerable interest and value not only to Miltonists but to students and scholars of early modern literature, religion, politics, and culture." —Laura L. Knoppers, editor, <i>Milton Studies</i>, University of Notre Dame</p>