Milton and the Making of Paradise Lost

“An authoritative, and accessible, introduction to Milton’s life and an engaging examination of the process of composing  Paradise Lost ” ( Choice ).   In early 1642 Milton promised English readers a work of literature so great that “they should not willingly let it die.” Twenty-five years later, the epic poem  Paradise Lost appeared in print. In the interim, however, the poet had gone totally blind and had also become a controversial public figure―a man who had argued f