IXThe Seventeenth Century, Part I.

This article provides a comprehensive overview of significant 2022 scholarship on seventeenth-century literature and history, with detailed attention to studies on figures such as Francis Bacon, Thomas Browne, Robert Burton, George Herbert, John Donne, and John Milton. It highlights key publications including Christopher Highley’s analysis of church–theatre relations in Blackfriars, a major essay collection honoring historian Ann Hughes’s contributions to English Civil War studies, and innovative literary studies on female voices and Scots poetry of the Jacobean era. The article also extensively surveys Milton scholarship, emphasizing works on his prosody, reception in diverse cultural contexts (notably the Arab-Muslim world and Communist Hungary), and critical debates surrounding his theological treatise De Doctrina Christiana. Additionally, it summarizes numerous journal articles exploring Milton’s major works, including Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, addressing themes such as political theology, rhetoric, gender, and reception history.