The Cambridge Companion to Milton
The Cambridge Companion to Milton
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GBPAn 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 several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Milton's politics, the social conditions of his authorship and the climate in which his works were published and received, a fresh sense of the importance of his early poems and Samson Agonistes, and the changes wrought by gender studies on the criticism of the previous decade. By contrast with other introductions to Milton, this Companion gathers an international team of scholars, whose informative, stimulating and often argumentative essays will provoke thought and discussion in and out of the classroom. The Companion's reading lists and extended bibliography offer readers the necessary tools for further informed exploration of Milton studies.
- Highly successful Companion with over 12,000 sales in its first edition
- Second edition contains several new and revised essays, reflecting new developments in the subject e.g. on Milton's politics, authorship and publishing history, early and late works, and gender studies
- Companion formula provides stimulating approaches and responsible coverage, together with student-friendly reference features: an indispensable guide for students and teachers
Reviews & endorsements
'The contributors write in a direct and simple style that is now as rare as it is welcome. It is hard to imagine even the most industrious students going far beyond what this book provides in their study of Milton.' Forum for Modern Language Studies
Product details
July 1999Paperback
9780521655439
313 pages
224 × 152 × 20 mm
0.5kg
7 b/w illus.
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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.
