Introduction - 1. The Nature of Milton's Son and his Justification of Men's Ways to God: Things Indifferent? - 2. Milton's Great Argument - 3. 'Matter new to gaze': Satan's Blindness and the Manifestation of Milton's Sacramental Universe - 4. 'On other surety none': Raphael's Temporal and Spatial Passion Allegories - 5. The Good Communicated: Milton's Drama of the Fall and the Law of Charity - 6. Surprised by Sin, Assured by Grace: Milton's Redeeming Irony - 7. Paradise Found: Milton's Messiah and the Argument of Weakness in Paradise Regain'd - Conclusion.
Milton, John, 1608-1674, Criticism and interpretation