A New Companion to Milton
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-119-13501-2 (ISBN)
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Comprises 36 powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar
Retains 28 of the award-winning essays from the first edition, revised and updated to reflect the most recent research
Contains a new section exploring Milton's global impact, in China, India, Japan, Korea, in Spanish speaking American and the Arab-speaking world
Includes eight completely new full-length essays, each of which engages closely with Milton's poetic oeuvre, and a new chronology which sets Milton's life and work in the context of his age
Explores literary production and cultural ideologies, issues of politics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, and responses to Milton over time
Thomas N. Corns is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at Bangor University. Together with Gordon Campbell, he is the General Editor of The Complete Works of John Milton. His recent publications include John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought (with Gordon Campbell, 2008), an edition of the complete works of Gerrard Winstanley (with Ann Hughes and David Loewenstein, 2009), and The Milton Encyclopedia (2012). He is currently working with David Loewenstein on a scholarly edition of Paradise Lost. Professor Corns is a Fellow of the British Academy and an Honored Scholar of the Milton Society of America.
Notes on Contributors ix
Preface xvii
Note on Editions Used xviii
List of Abbreviations xix
Part I The Cultural Context 1
1 Genre 3
Barbara K. Lewalski
2 The Classical Literary Tradition 22
John K. Hale
3 Milton on the Bible 37
Regina M. Schwartz
4 Literary Baroque and Literary Neoclassicism 55
Graham Parry
5 Milton and English Poetry 71
Achsah Guibbory
6 Milton's English 90
Thomas N. Corns
Part II Politics and Religion 107
7 The Legacy of the Late Jacobean Period 109
Cedric C. Brown
8 Milton and Puritanism 124
N. H. Keeble
9 Radical Heterodoxy and Heresy 141
John Rumrich
10 Milton and Ecology 157
Diane Kelsey McColley
11 The English and Other Peoples 174
Andrew Hadfield
12 The Literature of Controversy 191
Joad Raymond
Part III Texts 211
13 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity,' 'Upon the Circumcision,' and 'The Passion' 213
Thomas N. Corns
14 The Poetic Promise of 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' 230
Noam Reisner
15 John Milton's Comus 241
Leah S. Marcus
16 'Lycidas' 255
Stella P. Revard
17 Milton's Sonnets 270
Ryan Netzley
18 Exact Latinity and Excellent English: Milton's Early Poetry 282
Sarah Knight
19 Early Political Prose 291
Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler
20 Milton, Marriage, and Divorce 308
Annabel Patterson
21 Republicanism 323
Martin Dzelzainis
22 Late Political Prose 338
Laura Lunger Knoppers
23 Milton in Intellectual History 356
Stephen M. Fallon
24 The Radical Religious Politics of Paradise Lost 376
David Loewenstein
25 Obedience and Autonomy in Paradise Lost 391
Michael Schoenfeldt
26 Paradise Lost and the Multiplicity of Time 408
Amy Boesky
27 Self-Contradicting Puns in Paradise Lost 421
John Leonard
28 A Paradise for Poets 439
Maggie Kilgour
29 Milton and his Epic Precursors: Overgoing and Recuperation 450
Tobias Gregory
30 'Nor vacuous the space': Milton's Chaos and the Vacuist–Plenist Controversy 460
Rachel Trubowitz
31 Samson Agonistes 475
Sharon Achinstein
32 Memorial, Performance, and Tragic Action in Samson Agonistes 493
Feisal G. Mohamed
33 Paradise Regained 503
Margaret Kean
34 Satan, the Son of God, and the Brief Epic 517
Thomas N. Corns
Part IV Influences and Impact 529
35 Reading Milton, 1674–1800 531
Kay Gilliland Stevenson
36 Milton: The Romantics and After 547
Peter J. Kitson
37 Milton's Global Impact 566
The Arabic-Speaking World 567
Islam Issa
China 570
Tianhu Hao
India 573
Malabika Sarkar
Japan 576
Hiroko Sano
Korea 579
Byung-Eun Lee
Spanish]Speaking America 581
Mario Murgia
Part V Chronology 585
The Life and Times of John Milton: A Chronology 587
Thomas N. Corns
Consolidated Bibliography 602
Index 641
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.11.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 680 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-119-13501-X / 111913501X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-119-13501-2 / 9781119135012 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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