Milton's Places of Hope

Drawing on an array of materials from the seventeenth century, including emblems, legal treatises, political pamphlets, and prayer manuals, Mary C. Fenton sheds light on Milton's ideas about personal and national identity, and where people should place their sense of power and responsibility; on Milton's politics and where he thought the English nation was and where it should be heading; and finally, on Milton's theology and how individuals relate to God.