Early modern liberty: the tenure of kings and magistrates, English cultural self-definition, and divine right
The poetics of freedom: "the poet Collingbourne," and Sidney on politics and poetics
Milton's early poetics of choice: the 1645 poems, doctrine and discipline of divorce, and Areopagitica
Knowledge, choice, and freedom in Paradise lost
Freedom and vocation in Paradise regained and Samson Agonistes
Areopagitica's reception history and modern contestations of freedom.
