Robert Thomas Fallon

In Divided Empire , Robert T. Fallon examines the influence of John Milton's political experience on his great poems: Paradise Lost , Paradise Regained , and Samson Agonistes . This study is a natural sequel to Fallon's previous book, Milton in Government , which examined Milton's decade of service as Secretary for Foreign Languages to the English Republic. Milton's works are crowded with political figures—kings, counselors, senators, soldiers, and...