A Concise Companion to MiltonAngelica Duran John Wiley & Sons, 2016 M02 18 - 288 páginas A Concise Companion to MILTON A Concise Companion to Milton provides readers with essential guides to appreciating the works of John Milton, and to understanding the great influence they have had on literature. The book consists of twelve short, newly-commissioned chapters written by internationally respected scholars from Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Combining brevity, depth and accessibility, it is an ideal first critical work on Milton. The companion opens with a series of essays explaining how and why Milton’s works established their central place in the English literary canon. The ensuing chapters follow Milton’s major works in chronological order, clarifying complex issues that are particularly relevant to our contemporary society. Also included in the volume are a chronology and select bibliography detailing the events of Milton’s life and works alongside relevant world events. |
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Cover | |
A Reading of His left hand Miltons | |
Shedding sweet influence The Legacy | |
The world all before us More than | |
Into the TwentyFirst Century the World | |
First and Last Fruits of Education | |
Miltons Heroic Sonnets | |
The Lives of Lycidas | |
Gender Sex and Marriage in Paradise | |
The Ecology of Paradise Lost | |
Ecology in a Fallen World | |
The Messianic Vision of Paradise | |
The Three Temptations | |
Reading Milton | |
Hard Questions | |
Speak of things at handUseful | |