Drawing on the extraordinary wealth of scholarly and critical material on John Milton's life, works and influence, this collection of reprinted articles brings together the most illuminating scholarship that has been written about Milton.

Volume Introduction, Paradise Regained, The Genre: Milton's Dialogue with the Epic: Paradise Regained and the Tradition, The Hero: The Christ of Paradise Regained and the Renaissance Heroic Tradition, The Better Fortitude, The Nature of The Christ of Paradise Regained, The Temptations: The Temptation in Paradise Regained, Theme and Structure in Paradise Regained, The (Homo)Sexual Temptation in Milton's Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes: The Date of Samson Agonistes, Hellenic Elements: Samson Agonistes and the Hellenic Drama, The Greek Spirit in Milton's Samson Agonistes, Hebraic Elements : Samson Agonistes, Our Living Dread: The God of Samson Agonistes, Theological Readings: Milton's Samson as the Tragic Hero Purified by Trial, Samson Agonistes as Tragedy, The Interpretation of Samson Agonistes, Political Readings : Samson Agonistes and Milton the Politician in Defeat, Samson Agonistes Again, On Stage: Producing Samson Agonistes.