The Cambridge Companion to Milton
The Cambridge Companion to Milton provides an accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions and climate in which his works were published and received, the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of previous decades. The Companion's updated bibliography of studies and resources on Milton's works and life is available online at .
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The Cambridge Companion to Milton
The Cambridge Companion to Milton provides an accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions and climate in which his works were published and received, the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of previous decades. The Companion's updated bibliography of studies and resources on Milton's works and life is available online at .
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The Cambridge Companion to Milton

The Cambridge Companion to Milton

by Dennis Danielson (Editor)
The Cambridge Companion to Milton

The Cambridge Companion to Milton

by Dennis Danielson (Editor)

Overview

The Cambridge Companion to Milton provides an accessible, helpful guide for any student of Milton, whether undergraduate or graduate, introducing readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. This second edition contains new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions and climate in which his works were published and received, the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of previous decades. The Companion's updated bibliography of studies and resources on Milton's works and life is available online at .

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521655439
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 07/22/1999
Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature
Edition description: Revised Edition
Pages: 313
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 8.82(h) x 0.79(d)
Age Range: 17 Years

Table of Contents

Preface; John Milton: significant dates; 1. Milton's social life Stephen B. Dobranski; 2. Milton's Ludlow masque Cedric Brown; 3. Lycidas J. Martin Evans; 4. Poems 1645: the future poet Colin Burrow; 5. Milton's politics Martin Dzelzainis; 6. Milton's prose Thomas N. Corns; 7. Milton's sonnets and his contemporaries R. F. Hall; 8. The genres of Paradise Lost Barbara Kiefer Lewalski; 9. Language and knowledge in Paradise Lost John Leonard; 10. The Fall and Milton's theodicy Dennis Danielson; 11. Milton's Satan John Carey; 12. Milton and the sexes Diane K. McColley; 13. Milton and the reforming spirit Georgia Christopher; 14. How Milton read the Bible: the case of Paradise Regained Mary Ann Radzinowicz; 15. A reading of Samson Agonistes Joan S. Bennett; 16. Milton's readers Nicholas von Maltzahn; 17. Milton's place in intellectual history William Kerrigan; 18. Milton's works and life: select studies and resources R. G. Siemens; Index.
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