Handbooks and Companions
The Cambridge Introduction to Milton by ISBN: 9780521726450Publication Date: 2012This book describes essential details from Milton's biography, explains some of the cultural and historical contexts in which he wrote, offers fresh analyses of his major pamphlets and poems, and describes traditional and recent responses to his reputation and writings.
The Milton Encyclopedia by ISBN: 9780300094442Publication Date: 2012A general and comprehensive reference tool covering each work by Milton; the life of Milton and his family; events and contemporary and historical figures mentioned significantly in his writings; every book of the Bible in its relation to Milton's own work; printers, booksellers, and publishing history; the critical and editorial traditions; illustrators; and those whose own writing was shaped by Milton's influence.
A New Companion to Milton by ISBN: 1118827872Publication Date: 2015This book brings alive the diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies while reflecting the very latest advances in research in the field.
The New Milton Criticism by ISBN: 9781107019225Publication Date: 2012The New Milton Criticism seeks to emphasize ambivalence and discontinuity in Milton's work and interrogate the assumptions and certainties in previous Milton scholarship.
The Oxford Handbook of Milton by ISBN: 9780199697885Publication Date: 2011A comprehensive guide to the state of Milton studies in the early 21st century, with a focus on Milton's political and religious contexts and closer integration of the poetry and prose.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost and the Making of English Literary Criticism by ISBN: 9781032232409Publication Date: 2024
Faculty Research
Poetry and Poetry Criticism
The Eucharist, Poetics, and Secularization from the Middle Ages to Milton by ISBN: 9780192872876Publication Date: 2023
Other Online and Electronic Resources
- The Morgan Library and MuseumJohn Milton's Paradise Lost celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Milton (1608–1674) with an exhibition drawn from the Morgan's collection of the English poet's work, which includes the only surviving manuscript of Paradise Lost.
- The John Milton Reading RoomThe John Milton Reading Room: the complete poetry and selected prose of John Milton, with introductions, research guides, and hyperlinked annotations. Thomas H. Luxon, General Editor © Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1997-2022.
- The Milton Society of AmericaThe Society aims to further Milton scholarship, not only in the U.S. but internationally,
- LuminariumComprehensive collection of resources related to Milton and his work. A comprehensive anthology and guide to English literature of the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Seventeenth Century, Restoration and Eighteenth Century.