Making darkness light: a life of John Milton

Introduction: the two John Miltons

9 December 1608: 'On time'

17 October 1614: 'At a solemn music'

8 April 1624: 'The almighty's hand'

24 December 1629: 'But now begins'

10 August 1637: 'Yet once more'

19 May 1638: 'Your thoughts close, and your countenance loose'

20 July 1638: 'The Tuscan artist'

14 February 1639: 'Majestic show of luxury'

10 August 1642: 'Knowing good by evil'

26 May 1658: 'A universal blank'

9 or 10 November 1674: 'Vain monument of strength'.