| Description |
1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction; L.L. Knoppers & G.M. Col̤n Semenza -- PART 1: MILTON IN FANTASY LITERATURE -- Figuring Milton in C.S. Lewis's Fiction; S. Schwartz -- Steven Brust's To Reign in Hell: The Real Story; D.T. Benet -- Fighting Since Time Began: Milton and Satan in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials; S. Burt -- His Dark Materials, Paradise Lost, and the Common Reader; L. Shohet -- Adapting Milton for Children: Margaret Hodges' Comus (1996) and the Tale of Childe Rowland; G.M. Col̤n Semenza -- PART II: MILTON IN HORROR FILM -- Popularizing Pandaemonium: Milton and the Horror Film; E. Brown -- Miltonic Loneliness and Monstrous Desire from Paradise Lost to Bride of Frankenstein; L.L. Knoppers -- 'Better to Reign in Hell ... Is that it?': Ethics, Apocalypticism, and Allusion in The Devil's Advocate; R.Netzley -- PART III: MILTON IN COMEDIC FILM -- You Seemed to Go Way Back: The Evolution of Adam in The Lady Eve; L. Sternlieb -- Sabrina Fair Goes to the Movies: Milton, Myth, and Romance; C.G. Martin -- Sabrina ... or, the Lady?: Gender, Class, and The Spectre of Milton in Sabrina (1995); J. Kim -- National Lampoon's Animal House and the Fraternity of Milton; D. Howard -- PART IV: MILTON AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Milton after 9/11; D. Boocker -- The Blind Leading the Blind and Sighted: John Milton and Helen Keller; A. Duran -- Malcolm X and African-American Appropriations of Milton; R. Wilburn -- PART V: MILTON IN MODERN TECHNOLOGIES -- The Environment, the Body, and the Digital Fallen Angel in Simon Biggs's Pandaemonium; B. Lessard -- Milton and The Web; T. Luxon -- Afterword; S. Fish |
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Introduction / Laura Lunger Knoppers and Gregory M. Colón Semenza -- pt. I. Milton in fantasy literature. Reconstructing Eden: Paradise lost and C.S. Lewis's Perelandra / Sanford Schwartz ; Steven Brust's To reign in Hell: the real story / Diana Treviño Benet ; "Fighting since time began": Milton and Satan in Philip Pullman's His dark materials / Stephen Burt ; His dark materials, Paradise lot, and the common reader / Lauren Shohet ; Adapting Milton for children: Margaret Hodges's Comus (1996) and the tale of Childe Rowland / Gregory M. Colón Semenza -- pt. II. Milton in horror film. Popularizing Pandaemonium: Milton and the horror film / Eric C. Brown ; Miltonic loneliness and monstrous desire from Paradise lost to Bride of Frankenstein / Laura Lunger Knoppers ; " 'Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven', is that it?": ethics, apocalypticism, and allusion in The devil's advocate / Ryan Netzley -- pt. III. Milton in comedic film. "You seemed to go way back": the evolution of Adam in The Lady Eve / Lisa Sternlieb ; Sabrina Fair goes to the movies: Milton, myth, and romance / Catherine Gimelli Martin ; Sabrina ... or, the lady?: gender, class, and the specter of Milton in Sabrina / Julie H. Kim ; National Lampoon's Animal house and the fraternity of Milton / Douglas L. Howard -- pt. IV. Milton and social justice. Milton after 9/11 / David Boocker ; The blind leading the blind and sighted: John Milton and Helen Keller / Angelica Duran ; Malcolm X and African-American literacy appropriations of Paradise lost / Reginald A. Wilburn -- pt. V. Milton in modern technologies. The environment, the body, and the digital fallen angel in Simon Biggs's Pandaemonium / Bruno Lessard ; Milton and the web / Thomas H. Luxon -- Afterword / Stanley Fish |
| Summary |
Breathing life into a Milton for the twenty-first century, this cutting-edge collection shows students and scholars alike how Milton transforms and is transformed by popular literature and polemics, film and television, and other modern media |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Influence -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast |
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Popular culture -- History -- 20th century
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Popular culture
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Populaire cultuur.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Knoppers, Laura Lunger, editor.
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Semenza, Gregory M. Colón, 1972- editor.
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| LC no. |
2005056618 |
| ISBN |
1403983186 |
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9781403983183 |
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9781349533640 |
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1349533645 |
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