| Description |
1 online resource (44 entries) |
| Series |
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 10 |
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Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 10
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| Contents |
PART I: The Cultural Context. 1 Genre / Barbara K. Lewalski -- 2 The Classical Literary Tradition / John K. Hale -- 3 Milton on the Bible / Regina M. Schwartz -- 4 Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism / Graham Parry -- 5 Milton and English Poetry / Achsah Guibbory -- 6 Milton's English / Thomas N. Corns |
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PART II: Politics and Religion. 7 The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period / Cedric C. Brown -- 8 Milton and Puritanism / N.H. Keeble -- 9 Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy / John Rumrich -- 10 Milton and Ecology / Diane Kelsey McColley -- 11 The English and Other Peoples / Andrew Hadfield -- 12 The Literature of Controversy / Joad Raymond |
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PART III: Texts. The Early Poetry -- 13 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity', 'Upon the Circumcision' and 'The Passion' / Thomas N. Corns -- 14 John Milton's Comus / Leah S. Marcus -- 15 'Lycidas' / Stella P. Revard -- The Prose. 16 Early Political Prose / Elizabeth Skerpan Wheeler -- 17 Milton, Marriage and Divorce / Annabel Patterson -- 18 Republicanism / Martin Dzelzainis -- 19 Late Political Prose / Laura Lunger Knoppers -- The Late Poetry. 20 Paradise Lost in Intellectual History / Stephen M. Fallon -- 21 The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost / David Loewenstein -- 22 Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost / Michael Schoenfeldt -- 23 Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time / Amy Boesky -- 24 Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost / John Leonard -- 25 Samson Agonistes / Sharon Achinstein -- 26 Paradise Regained / Margaret Kean |
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PART IV: Influences and Reputation. 27 Reading Milton, 1674-1800 / Kay Gilliland Stevenson -- 28 Milton: The Romantics and After / Peterj. Kitson |
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PART V: Biography. 29 The Life Records / Gordon Campbell -- Consolidated Bibliography |
| Summary |
The diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies is brought alive in this stimulating Companion. Winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuels Book Award in 2002. Invites readers to explore and enjoy Milton's rich and fascinating work. Comprises fresh and powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar. Looks at literary production and cultural ideologies, issues of politics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, other relevant contemporary texts and responses to Milton over time. Devotes a whole chapter to each major poem, and four to Paradise Lost. Conveys the excitement of recent developments in the field |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Corns, Thomas N.
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| ISBN |
1782686177 (online) |
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9781782686170 (online) |
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(acid-free paper) |
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(print) |
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