Milton and the Drama of History: Historical Vision, Iconoclasm, and the Literary Imagination - Brossura

Loewenstein, David

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ISBN 10: 0521035325 ISBN 13: 9780521035323

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Riassunto

How did Milton's understanding of history relate to his literary expression of it? 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. David Loewenstein presents Milton as a controversial writer actively engaged in shaping, representing and participating in the drama of history of his age. Highlighting the apocalyptic and iconoclastic components of Milton's historical vision, the book examines the more turbulent dimensions of his polemic and poetic works. It stresses the importance of his less canonical texts, including Eikonoklastes and the History of Britain, and shows how they illuminate the sense of history dramatized in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes. Analysing the literary expressions of Milton's radicalism, this study reveals a complex interaction between consciousness and figurative expression, political vision and textual effects.

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"...a provocative vision of how Milton's conception of history and sense of the literary text interrelate and correlate." Eglish Language Notes

"...a refreshing book." Albion

Descrizione del libro

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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521035325
• ISBN 13: 9780521035323
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 208