Milton's Languages

The first full-length study of Milton's use of languages and the impact of his multilingualism on his major poems.

Introduction: Milton's languages in the context of Renaissance multilingualism; Part I. Milton's Exercising of his Languages: 1. The multilingual self presented in Milton's poems (1645); 2. The development and quality of Milton's multilingual verse; 3. The Italian journey (1638-9) and language-choice; 4. Milton's arts of language: translating and philology; 5. Milton's Latin prose; Conclusion; Part II. Multilingualism and the Major English Poems: 6. Latin and Milton's other languages in the style of Paradise Lost; 7. Milton's languages and the voices of Paradise Lost; 8. Multilingualism and epic; 9. Multilingualism and the style of temperance in Paradise Regained; 10. Hebrew meets Greek in Samson Agonistes; 11. The impact of Milton's languages upon his mature English verse styles; Appendix: on translating Milton's Latin; Bibliography.