Corns A Companion to Milton

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99862-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 544 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture

The diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studiesis brought alive in this stimulating Companion.

* * Winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuels BookAward in 2002.

* Invites readers to explore and enjoy Milton's rich andfascinating work.

* Comprises 29 fresh and powerful readings of Milton's texts andthe contexts in which they were created, each written by a leadingscholar.

* Looks at literary production and cultural ideologies, issues ofpolitics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, otherrelevant contemporary texts and responses to Milton overtime.

* Devotes a whole chapter to each major poem, and four toParadise Lost.

* Conveys the excitement of recent developments in thefield.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corns, Thomas

Corns, Thomas N.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Acknowledgements, Abbreviations and a Note on Editions Used.
The Contributors.
Part I: The Cultural Context:.
1. Genre: Barbara K. Lewalski (Harvard University).
2. The Classical Literary Tradition: John K. Hale (University ofOtago).
3. Milton on the Bible: Regina M. Schwartz (NorthwesternUniversity.
4. Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism: Graham Parry(University of York).
5. Milton and English Poetry: Achsah Guibbory (University ofIllinois).
6. Milton's English: Thomas N.Corns (University of Wales,Bangor).
Part II: Politics and Religion:.
7. The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period: Cedric C. Brown(University of Reading).
8. Milton and Puritanism: N. H. Keeble (StirlingUniversity).
9. Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy: John Rumrich (University ofTexas).
10. Milton and Ecology: Diane Kelsey McColley (RutgersUniversity ).
11. The English and Other People: Andrew Hadfield (University ofWales, Aberystwyth).
12. The Literature of Controversy: Joad Raymond (University ofAberdeen).
Part III: Texts:.
The Early Poetry.
13. 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity','Upon the Circumcision' and 'The Passion':Thomas N. Corns (University of Wales, Bangor).
14. John Milton's Comus Leah: S. Marcus (VanderbiltUniversity).
15. 'Lycidas': Stella P. Revard (Southern IllinoisUniversity).
16. Early Political Prose: Elizabeth Skerpan Wheeler (SouthwestTexas University).
17. Milton, Marriage and Divorce: Annabel Patterson (YaleUniversity).
18. Republicanism: Martin Dzelzainis (Royal Holloway &Bedford New College, University of London).
19. Late Political Prose: Laura Lunger Knoppers (PennsylvaniaState University).
The Late Poetry.
20. Paradise Lost in Intellectual History: Stephen M.Fallon (University of Notre Dame).
21. The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost:David Loewenstein (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
22. Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost:: MichaelSchoenfeldt (University of Michigan).
23. Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time: AmyBoesky.
24. Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost: JohnLeonard (University of Western Ontario).
25. Samson Agonistes: Sharon Achinstein (University ofMaryland).
26. Pardise Regained: Margaret Kean.
Part IV: Influences and Reputation:.
27. Reading Milton, 1674-1800: Kay Gillard Stevenson(University of Essex).
28. Milton: The Romantics and After: Peter J. Kitson (Universityof Wales, Bangor).
Part V: Biography:.
29. The Life Records: Gordon Campbell (University ofLeicester).
Consolidated Biography.
General Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas N. Corns is a Professor of English at the University of Wales, Bangor. His many publications include Milton's Language (Blackwell, 1990), Uncloistered Virtue: English Political Literature, 1640-1660 (1992), and Regaining Paradise Lost (1994). He is also the editor of The Royal Image: Representations of Charles I (1999).