A Companion to Milton

Herausgeber: Corns, Thomas N

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Produktbeschreibung

The diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies is brought alive in this stimulating Companion. The volume is comprised of 30 fresh and powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar. The contributions provoke debate and define problems, rather than offering false resolutions or bland overviews. The Companion is split into five sections looking 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. A whole chapter is devoted to each major poem and four to Paradise Lost. All the contributions convey the excitement of recent developments in the field, taking into account progress in early-modern historiography, new investigations into Milton's theology and the most up-to-date critical methodologies. The volume as a whole invites readers to explore and enjoy Milton's rich and fascinating work.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polity Press
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 253mm x 179mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 1093g
• ISBN-13: 9780631214083
• ISBN-10: 0631214089
• Artikelnr.: 22376534

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Thomas N. Corns (University of Wales, Bangor).

Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, and a Note on EditionsUsed.

List of Contributors.

Part I: The Cultural Context.

Part II: Politics and Religion.

Part III: Texts.

1.The Early Poetry.

2.The Prose.

3.The Late Poetry.

Part IV: Influences and Reputation.

Part V: Biography.

Consolidated Bibliography.

General Index.

Index to Passages Cited.

Rezensionen

"Taken together, the 29 essays collected here strike theperfect balance between an exploration of the contexts surroundingMilton's writings and an intensive analysis of his poems andprose treatises. Uniformly well researched, felicitously written,and cogently argued, these essays are among the best in present-dayMilton studies." (Stephen Baker Hot FictionBooks, 20 September 2012)

"Taken together, the 29 essays collected here strike the perfectbalance between an exploration of the contexts surrounding Milton'swritings and an intensive analysis of his poems and prosetreatises. Uniformly well researched, felicitously written, andcogently argued, these essays are among the best in present-dayMilton studies. They review previous scholarship while pursuinginnovative and exciting lines of inquiry that will surely influencecommentary on Milton in the foreseeable future."(Choice)

"The present state of Milton studies is admirably represented,while a careful distribution of topics has ensured satisfactorycoverage of the field. A splendid exhibition of Milton scholarshipas it currently flourishes." (Times Literary Supplement)

"students [...] will be admirably served by this comprehensiveand readable smorgasbord of current Milton studies."(Renaissance Quarterly)

"This companion is enlightening and stimulating and will be ahelpful addition to libraries, especially those associated withliterary and cultural studies." (Reference Reviews)