The New Milton Criticism

by ElizabethSauer (Editor), PeterC.Herman (Editor)

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Hardcover
2012
$133.27

The New Milton Criticism seeks to emphasize ambivalence and discontinuity in Milton's work and interrogate the assumptions and certainties in previous Milton scholarship. Contributors to the volume move Milton's open-ended poetics to the centre of Milton studies by showing how analysing irresolvable questions - religious, philosophical and literary critical - transforms interpretation and enriches appreciation of his work. The New Milton Criticism encourages scholars to embrace uncertainties in his writings rather than attempt to explain them away. Twelve critics from a range of countries, approaches and methodologies explore these questions in these new readings of Paradise Lost and other works. Sure to become a focus of debate and controversy in the field, this volume is a truly original contribution to early modern studies.

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The New Milton Criticism seeks to emphasize ambivalence and discontinuity in Milton's work and interrogate the assumptions and certainties in previous Milton scholarship. Contributors to the volume move Milton's open-ended poetics to the centre of Milton studies by showing how analysing irresolvable questions - religious, philosophical and literary critical - transforms interpretation and enriches appreciation of his work. The New Milton Criticism encourages scholars to embrace uncertainties in his writings rather than attempt to explain them away. Twelve critics from a range of countries, approaches and methodologies explore these questions in these new readings of Paradise Lost and other works. Sure to become a focus of debate and controversy in the field, this volume is a truly original contribution to early modern studies.

$133.27

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 266
Edition: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12 Apr 2012
ISBN 10: 1107019222
ISBN 13: 9781107019225
Book Overview: A collection of new essays demonstrating a wholly new approach to the complexities of Milton's work.

Media Reviews

'A collection of largely embracing essays, studded with bright little insights into particular passages, and the 'against-the-grain' feel of (almost) the entire book will surely have warmed the hearts of its contributors.' William Poole, Milton Quarterly
The writing throughout is lucid and accessible, and each essay is followed by endnotes with full bibliographic details. Choice
The New Milton Criticism is an impressively ambitious attempt to redefine the landscape of Milton studies. The Seventeenth Century
A collection of largely embracing essays, studded with bright little insights into particular passages, and the against-the-grain feel of (almost) the entire book will surely have warmed the hearts of its contributors. William Poole, Milton Quarterly

Author Bio

Peter C. Herman is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at San Diego State University. Elizabeth Sauer is Professor of English at Brock University, Canada.