John Milton: A Short Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, 15/04/2008 - 144 páginas
In this compelling first volume in the Blackwell Introductions to Literature series, Roy Flannagan, editor of The Milton Quarterly, provides a readable and uncluttered critical account of a complicated and sophisticated author, and his poetry and prose.

  • Puts John Milton under the microscope, using the still-evolving critical perspectives of the last fifty years.
  • Looks at Milton’s life, and the cultural background to his work, as well as examining his writing.
  • Considers how and why Milton’s work has endured the centuries to educate, entertain and intrigue so many generations of readers.
  • Ideal for the reader falling in love with Milton’s poetry and prose, who longs to know more about what people think about the poetry, the man or the historical context.
 

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Índice

The Family Background
1
Milton s Education
5
Marriage and Divorce
19
Early Work
23
The Nativity Ode
34
L Allegro and Il Penseroso
36
Lycidas
38
Sonnets
45
The Prose Tracts
60
Plans for TragediesParadise Lost
71
Paradise Found Paradise Regain d
98
Samson Agonistes
109
Aftermath and Influence
116
Works Cited
121
Index
123
Direitos de autor

Arcades and A Masque known as Comus
49

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Acerca do autor (2008)

Roy Flannagan

began what was to become the Milton Quarterly in 1967. He has been the President of the Milton Society of America, and he followed C. S. Lewis and Northrop Frye as Honored Scholar of the Society in 2001. Editor of the Riverside Milton, he is also President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. After 32 years at Ohio University, he has taken the position of Scholar in Residence at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort.

Informação bibliográfica

TítuloJohn Milton: A Short Introduction
Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature
AutorRoy Flannagan
EditoraJohn Wiley & Sons, 2008
ISBN0470692871, 9780470692875
Número de páginas144 páginas
  
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