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Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044019357565
Author : Mary Ann Radzinowicz
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781400870806
The endurance of a work of art such as Samson Agonistes, this book suggests, derives from its incorporation of the principle of change as the very foundation of its permanence. In a deft and perceptive analysis, Mary Ann Radzinowicz shows how the poem embodies the principle of change, reveals Milton's perpetual concerns, and illuminates the course of his poetic and intellectual development. The author holds that Samson Agonistes represents the culmination of Milton's poetic œuvre. Its subject is growth, and the tragedy imitates a Biblical story of movement from self-destruction to self-transcendence. In each section of her book, the author considers the poem in a different context or area of Milton's thought. Each new aspect suggests a widening circle of implication as the discussion moves from Milton's dialectic to the representation of tragic failure, from change and growth as themes to the discovery of history as tragic design. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : David Loewenstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1990-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0521372534
This book explores the role of history in Milton's literary works. It focuses on the writer's imaginative responses to the historical process - his interpretations of the past, visions of the future, and sense of the contemporary historical moment.
Author : Martin Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136068102
First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Walter S. H. Lim
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0874139406
In analyzing how Milton reads and appropriates different biblical texts to give shape to his republican vision, this book also assesses his significance to the development of early modern English political thought, his conception of the English nation, and finally, his response to pressures exerted by a secular modernity grounded on international commercial activities."--Jacket.
Author : Joseph Anthony Wittreich
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781400854172
Joseph Wittreich reveals Samson to be an intensely political work that reflects the heroic ambitions and failings of the Puritan Revolution and the tragic ambiguities of the era. He sees in the work not the purveyance of Medieval and early Renaissance typological associations but an interrogation of them and a consequent movement away from them. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : John T. Shawcross
Publisher : DS Brewer
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 085991609X
Ambiguity, present in all aspects of the poem, is seen as central to Milton's authorial intentions. Shawcross proposes that the many ambiguities surrounding Milton's dramatic poem Samson Agonistes are intentional: the actual words, the dates of composition, the genre, and the characters - particularly Samson and Dalila but including Manoa, Harapha, and the Chorus. Ambiguity also lies in Milton's presentation of political issues both philosophical and practical, his treatment of gender concepts, the constant questioning of the reader, and the poem's effect. Discussing all these elements, Shawcross follows with a detailed reading of the text which argues that it remains purposefully ambiguous, reflecting Milton's own recognition of the uncertainty of the content, and suggesting that Milton himself would question some of the nice 'solutions' that modern scholarship has offered in the last two decades. JOHN SHAWCROSS is Professor of English, Emeritus, University of Kentucky.
Author : Derek N. C. Wood
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 080204848X
Wood proposes that Milton's Samson is an emblematic embodiment of Old Testament consciousness as rigorous, incomplete, literalistic, and uncomprehending, fashioned by the old Mosaic Law, without the amelioration of Christ's charity and forgiveness.
Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858009541685
Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1910
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015061526995
Author : Dennis Danielson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999-07-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781107494183
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.
Author : John Milton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1766
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023501409
Author : Adam Kitzes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135503079
During the so-called Age of Melancholy, many writers invoked both traditional and new conceptualizations of the disease in order to account for various types of social turbulence, ranging from discontent and factionalism to civil war. Writing about melancholy became a way to explore both the causes and preventions of political disorder, on both specific and abstract levels. Thus, at one and the same moment, a writer could write about melancholy to discuss specific and ongoing political crises and to explore more generally the principles which generate political conflicts in the first place. In the course of developing a traditional discourse of melancholy of its own, English writers appropriated representations of the disease - often ineffectively - in order to account for the political turbulence during the civil war and Interregnum periods
Author : Achsah Guibbory
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 052103244X
This book examines the relationship between literature and religious conflict in seventeenth-century England, showing how literary texts grew out of and addressed the contemporary controversy over ceremonial worship. Examining the meaning and function of religion in seventeenth-century England, Achsah Guibbory shows that the conflicts over religious ceremony that were central to the English Revolution had broad cultural significance. She offers new and original readings of Herbert, Herrick, Browne and Milton in this context.
Author : Angelica Duran
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781444393804
With brevity, depth, and accessibility, this book helps readers to appreciate the works of John Milton, and to understand the great influence they have had on literature and other disciplines. Presents new and authoritative essays by internationally respected Milton scholars Explains how and why Milton’s works established their central place in the English literary canon Structured chronologically around Milton’s major works Also includes a select bibliography and a chronology detailing Milton’s life and works alongside relevant world events Ideal as a first critical work on Milton
