A Concise Companion to Milton
Published on 8. May 2008
288 pages
978-1-4051-7850-1 (ISBN)
Description
With brevity, depth, and accessibility, this book helps readers toappreciate the works of John Milton, and to understand the greatinfluence they have had on literature and other disciplines.
* Presents new and authoritative essays by internationallyrespected Milton scholars
* Explains how and why Milton's works established theircentral place in the English literary canon
* Structured chronologically around Milton's majorworks
* Also includes a select bibliography and a chronology detailingMilton's life and works alongside relevant world events
* Ideal as a first critical work on Milton
Reviews / Votes
"The collection is remarkable for its collegiality. It not onlyrespects the newcomer but allows the various contributors to followup questions of interest to them, thus providing new insights evenfor long-time Miltonists." (Milton Quarterly, April 2009) "Above all, among the current crop of books, an essay that makesA Concise Companion to Milton worth buying all on its own,is Karen Edwards on "Gender, Sex and Marriage in ParadiseLost". (Times Literary Supplement, December 2008) "These 14 essays (plus introduction) largely succeed in theiraim to 'provide readers with key guides to understanding the greatinfluence and endurance' of the works of John Milton...The sectionsdevoted to surveys and reference points will be especially usefulfor those struggling to understand Milton in his historical andcultural context." (Choice)More details
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Angelica Duran is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Purdue University. A Milton specialist, she is on the editorial board of Milton Quarterly and is currently working on two book-length projects entitled Milton among Spaniards and Milton in Hispanoamerica. Her book on The Age of Milton and The Scientific Revolution is forthcoming in 2007.
Content
Notes on Contributors ix
Introduction 1
Angelica Duran
Part I Surveys
1 A Reading of His "left hand": Milton's Prose 7
Robert Thomas Fallon
2 "Shedding sweet influence": The Legacy of John Milton's Works 25
John T. Shawcross
3 "The world all before [us]": More than Three Hundred Years of Criticism 43
Roy Flannagan
Part II Textual Sites
4 First and Last Fruits of Education: The Companion Poems, Epistola, and Educational Prose Works 61
Angelica Duran
5 Milton's Heroic Sonnets 78
Annabel Patterson
6 The Lives of Lycidas 95
Paul Alpers
7 A Mask: Tradition and Innovation 111
Katsuhiro Engetsu
8 The Bible, Religion, and Spirituality in Paradise Lost 128
Achsah Guibbory
9 Gender, Sex, and Marriage in Paradise 144
Karen L. Edwards
10 The Ecology of Paradise Lost 161
Juliet Lucy Cummins
11 The Messianic Vision of Paradise Regained 178
David Gay
12 The Nightmare of History: Samson Agonistes 197
Louis Schwartz
Part III Reference Points
Select Chronology: "Speak of things at hand/ Useful" 217
Edward Jones
Select Bibliography: "Much arguing, much writing, many opinions" 235
J. Martin Evans
Index 270
