The Miltonic Moment

A very readable, fascinating and well-documented short study of Milton's early poems.

~Anglia

Evan's clear, well-written study represents a permanent contribution to the reading of Milton's poems, certainly the earlier work.

~Choice

Elegantly written.... An important reinterpretation of Milton's poetry.

~John T. Shawcross

Evan's arguments are strong enough to change one's mind.

~Journal of English and Germanic Philology

Any good book is good because of its intermittent aphoristic sentences and individual insights. For me The Miltonic Moment meets the grade.

~Leland Ryken, Christianity and Literature

The latest in a long line of accomplished critical studies of John Milton's poetry by Evans.

~Notes and Queries

What Evans does by way of integrating classical allusions with Milton s Christian and ethical concerns impresses me as both new and convincing.... This work will take its place among the essential studies of John Milton s poetry.

~Richard J. DuRocher

A first-rate, gracefully engaging piece of scholarship.

~Seventeenth-Century News

This concise and well-written book provides full-scale analyses of three of Milton's early poems: the Nativity Ode, A Masque, and Lycidas.

~South Atlantic Review

There are some nice close readings here, and a useful exposition of the various revisions and interpretative cruces.

~Year's Work in English Studies