The Arms of the Family: The Significance of ,john Milton's Relatives and Associates By JOHN T. SHAWCROSS. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. 2004. vii + 304 pp. $45431-95. ISBN 0-8131-2291-0.
The life of John Milton can hardly be described as a neglected area of literary scholarship, and yet in this excellent and informative book, John T. Shawcross presents a wealth of new material on the subject. His overriding argument is that family matters do matter and that some of ...