Posted: January 4th, 2016

Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth/ Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep’. (John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667), Book 4, ll. 667-668) ‘[…] men not knowing that such apparitions are nothing else but creatures of the Fancy, think

You are required to make substantial and detailed reference to
the work of at least two authors of the period: the intellectual framework of your
essay and the depth of textual analysis should reflect a substantial amount of the
reading and thinking you have done over the semester. Credit will also be given
where there is evidence of an informed engagement with scholarly editions and/or
the original print and/or manuscript sources. The word limit is 3000 words (this
means you are strictly limited to 3000 words and must not go beyond that). You may
include images of print and/or manuscript materials where appropriate.
Make sure that you understand the regulations on plagiarism and guidelines on the
presentation of work (see the Study Skills Guide), and that you leave sufficient time
to check you have appropriately credited all works used.