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| Genre/Form: | Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc Handbooks and manuals Handbooks, manuals, etc |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | John Milton; John Milton; John Milton |
| Material Type: | Biography, Document |
| Document Type: | Book, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas N Corns |
| ISBN: | 1782686177 9781782686170 1405165170 9781405165174 1281312509 9781281312501 9786611312503 6611312501 0470998636 9780470998632 0470998628 9780470998625 |
| OCLC Number: | 1058576910 |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (546 pages) |
| Contents: | A COMPANION TO MILTON; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and a Note on Editions Used; The Contributors; PART I: The Cultural Context; 1 Genre; 2 The Classical Literary Tradition; 3 Milton on the Bible; 4 Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism; 5 Milton and English Poetry; 6 Milton's English; PART II: Politics and Religion; 7 The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period; 8 Milton and Puritanism; 9 Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy; 10 Milton and Ecology; 11 The English and Other Peoples; 12 The Literature of Controversy; PART III: Texts; The Early Poetry. 13 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity', 'Upon the Circumcision' and 'The Passion'14 John Milton's Comus; 15 'Lycidas'; The Prose; 16 Early Political Prose; 17 Milton, Marriage and Divorce; 18 Republicanism; 19 Late Political Prose; The Late Poetry; 20 Paradise Lost in Intellectual History; 21 The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost; 22 Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost; 23 Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time; 24 Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost; 25 Samson Agonistes; 26 Paradise Regained; PART IV: Influences and Reputation; 27 Reading Milton, 1674-1800. 28 Milton: The Romantics and AfterPART V: Biography; 29 The Life Records; Consolidated Bibliography; General Index. |
| Series Title: | Blackwell companions to literature and culture. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Thomas N. Corns. |
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"Taken together, the 29 essays collected here strike the perfect balance between an exploration of the contexts surrounding Milton's writings and an intensive analysis of his poems and prose treatises. Uniformly well researched, felicitously written, and cogently argued, these essays are among the best in present-day Milton studies. They review previous scholarship while pursuing innovative and exciting lines of inquiry that will surely influence commentary on Milton in the foreseeable future." (Choice) "The present state of Milton studies is admirably represented, while a careful distribution of topics has ensured satisfactory coverage of the field. A splendid exhibition of Milton scholarship as it currently flourishes." (Times Literary Supplement) "students [...] will be admirably served by this comprehensive and readable smorgasbord of current Milton studies." (Renaissance Quarterly) "This companion is enlightening and stimulating and will be a helpful addition to libraries, especially those associated with literary and cultural studies." (Reference Reviews) Read more...
