John Milton

Author(s)

• Patterson, Annabel M.

Bibliographic Information

John Milton

edited and introduced by Annabel Patterson

（Longman critical readers）

Longman, 1992

• : csd
• : ppr

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: ppr ISBN 9780582045392

Description

This collection of selected writings represents the best of recent critical work on Milton. The essays cover all stages of his career, from the early poems through to the later poems of the Restoration period, especially Paradise Lost. Professor Patterson includes British and American critics such as Michael Wilding, Victoria Kahn, James Grantham Turner and Mary Ann Radzinowicz and guides the reader through the varied ways Milton's achievement has been explored and debated by modern criticism.

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Dating Milton, Jonathan Goldberg
• Chapter 3 What It's Like to Read L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, Stanley Fish
• Chapter 4 Milton's Early Radicalism, Michael Wilding
• Chapter 5 The Politics of Milton's Early Poetry, David Norbrook
• Chapter 6 Areopagitica : Subjectivity and the Moment of Censorship, Francis Barker
• Chapter 7 The Intelligible Flame, James Grantham Turner
• Chapter 8 No Meer Amatorious Novel?, Annabel Patterson
• Chapter 9 The Spirit of Differance, William Myers
• Chapter 10 The Politics of Paradise Lost, Mary Ann Radzinowicz
• Chapter 11 When Eve Reads Milton: Undoing the Canonical Economy, Christine Froula
• Chapter 12 Fallen Differences, Phallogocentric Discourses: Losing Paradise Lost to History, Mary Nyquist
• Chapter 13 Allegory and the Sublime in Paradise Lost, Victoria Kahn
• Chapter 14 The Father's House: Samson Agonistes in its Historical Moment, John Guillory

Volume

: csd ISBN 9780582045507

Description

This series takes up the challenge of contemporary literary theory, providing collections of seminal modern readings of key authors, genres and critical approaches. Volumes are prefaced by a wide-ranging Editorial Introduction setting the readings in context and exploring the issues they raise. Milton is studied by all students of English literature and this text fulfills the need for a clear, concise anthology of critical writings on his work. This collection of selected writings aims to represent the best of the most recent critical works on Milton. The essays cover all stages of his career, from the early poems (L'Allegro and Lycidas) through to the later poems of the Restoration period (Paradise Lost). There is a detailed introduction, headnotes and appendix material which provides a context for the essays. Important viewpoints are obtained from both British and American critics such as Michael Wilding, Victoria Kahn, James Grantham Turner and Mary Ann Radzinowicz. The range of approaches includes new criticism, deconstruction, Marxist criticism and feminist criticism. The book is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and at courses covering Renaissance literature and 17th-century literature as well as at special courses and examination papers specializing in Milton.

Table of Contents

• The beginnings of critical theory
• the emergence of "reading" as a theoretical enterprise
• deconstruction and the dissolution of the subject
• the return to explicit political interpretation
• neo-Marxist or materialist criticism
• the claims for Milton's early radicalism
• reclaiming "Paradise Lost" - problems of representation and intention
• the radical sublime
• feminist criticism
• poststructuralism and the shape of Milton's career
• dating Milton, Jonathan Goldberg
• what it's like to read "L'Allegro", Stanley Fish
• Milton's early radicalism, Michael Wilding
• the politics of Milton's early poetry, David Norbrook
• "Areopagitica" - subjectivity and the moment of censorship, Francis Barker
• the intelligible flame, James Grantham Turner
• no meer amatorious novel?, Annabel Patterson
• the spirit of differance, William Myers
• the politics of "Paradise Lost", Mary Ann Radzinowicz
• when Eve Reads Milton - undoing the canonical economy, Christine Froula
• fallen differences, phallogocentric discourses - losing "Paradise Lost" to history, Mary Nyquist
• allegory and the sublime in "Paradise Lost", Victoria Kahn
• the father's house - "Samson Agonistes" in its historical moment, John Guillory.

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• NCID: BA19106485
• ISBN:
  • 0582045509
  • 0582045398
• LCCN: 92012385
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 238 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR3588
  • DC20 : 821/.4
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12450358