A concise companion to Milton
With brevity, depth, and accessibility, this book helps readers to appreciate the works of John Milton, and to understand the great influence they have had on literature and other disciplines. Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholarsExplains how and why Milton's works established their central place in the English literary canonStructured chronologically around Milton's major worksAlso includes a select bibliography and a chronology detailing Milton's life and works alongside relevant world eventsIdeal as a first critical wor
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages)
9781405122719, 9781405122726, 9781405178501, 9781405168687, 9780470757772, 1405122714, 1405122722, 1405178507, 1405168684, 0470757779
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Cover
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction Angelica Duran
Part I Surveys
Chapter 1 A Reading of His "left hand": Milton's Prose Robert Thomas Fallon
Chapter 2 "Shedding sweet influence": The Legacy of John Milton's Works John T. Shawcross
Chapter 3 "The world all before [us]": More than Three Hundred Years of Criticism Roy Flannagan
Part II Textual Sites
Chapter 4 First and Last Fruits of Education: The Companion Poems, Epistola, and Educational Prose Works Angelica Duran
Chapter 5 Milton's Heroic Sonnets Annabel Patterson
Chapter 6 The Lives of Lycidas Paul Alpers
Chapter 7 A Mask: Tradition and Innovation Katsuhiro Engetsu
Chapter 8 The Bible, Religion, and Spirituality in Paradise Lost Achsah Guibbory
Chapter 9 Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Paradise Karen L. Edwards
Chapter 10 The Ecology of Paradise Lost Juliet Lucy Cummins
Chapter 11 The Messianic Vision of Paradise Regained David Gay
Chapter 12 The Nightmare of History: Samson Agonistes Louis Schwartz
Part III Reference Points
Select Chronology "Speak of things at hand/ Useful" Compiled by Edward Jones
Select Bibliography "Much arguing, much writing, many opinions" Compiled by J. Martin Evans
Index
Last Page
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