Description:
Milton has long been recognised as being among English poets most indebted to ancient literature. Here Martindale examines the use Milton made of other ancient poets, notably Homer, Ovid and Lucan, and finds some surprising elements in the style of "Paradise Lost".
Brief description: Charles Martindale is Emeritus Professor of Latin in the University of Bristol, UK. His books include Redeeming the Text (2008) and Latin Literature and the Judgement of Taste (2004) and he is, with David Hopkins, general editor of the five-volume Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (2012-).