The Cambridge Companion to Milton
2nd Edition
Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature
- Editor: Dennis Danielson, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- Date Published: July 1999
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521655439
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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 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.
Read more- 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
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'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
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: July 1999
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521655439
- length: 313 pages
- dimensions: 224 x 152 x 20 mm
- weight: 0.5kg
- contains: 7 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
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.Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses
- Angels and Demons: Milton and the Culture Revolution
- British Poetry before 1700
- Milton and Moral Choice: His Age and Ours
- Milton: Authorship and Transgression
- Renaissance Literature: 17th Century
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