First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

1. God: Earth and heaven, time and space; the Father and the Son; the Holy Spirit 2. Good and bad angels: the physical properties of angels; the problem of Satan 3. People: knowing; the private life of Adam and Eve; the obligation of choice; salvation; after the fall 4.Chaos and the created world: chaos, light and the deep; nature and fecundity 5. The English epic: neoclassicism and the English epic; the syntax of "Paradise Lost"; narrative structure 6. The politics of "Paradise Lost": Milton and the failed revolution; the legacy of revolution; the political animal; republican and anti-clerical values.

Thoman Corns is Professor of English at Bangor University, UK.