Books by Stephen B. (Georgia State University) Dobranski

This lively introduction to Milton's life, times and writings includes a detailed explanation of his poetry and prose and discusses in depth the author's historical circumstances and critical reception. Separate sections focus on key passages from his works to illustrate how readers can interpret - and get excited about - Milton's writings.

In this book, Stephen B. Dobranski examines how the seventeenth-century phenomenon of printing apparently unfinished works ushered in a new emphasis on authors' responsibility for written texts while it simultaneously reinforced Renaissance practices of active reading.

Examining Milton's changing historical circumstances with special attention to his texts' material production, Stephen B. Dobranski shows in a series of provocative and original case studies that Milton benefited from a collaborative process of writing and publishing, working with amanuenses, acquaintances, printers and publishers, in dramatic and surprising ways.