Milton and the Making of ‹i›Paradise Lost‹/i› /

William Poole recounts Milton's life as England's self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written. How did a blind man compose this staggeringly complex, intensely visual work? Poole explores how Milton's life and preoccupations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Poole, William (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
Temas:
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • PART ONE: MILTON
  • 1. The Undertaking
  • 2. School and the Gils
  • 3. An Anxious Young Man
  • 4. Ambitions
  • 5. Milton's Syllabus
  • 6. Securing a Reputation
  • 7. Two Problematic Books
  • 8. Systematic Theology
  • 9. Drafts for Dramas
  • 10. Two Competitors: Davenant and Cowley
  • 11. Going Blind
  • 12. The Undertaking, Revisited
  • 13. Bibliographical Interlude: Publishing Paradise Lost
  • PART TWO: PARADISE LOST
  • 14. Structure
  • 15. Creating a Universe
  • 16. Epic Disruption
  • 17. Military Epic
  • 18. Scientific Epic
  • 19. Pastoral Tragedy
  • 20. Contamination and Doubles
  • 21. Justifying the Ways of God to Men
  • 22. Becoming a Classic
  • Appendix: Milton's Classroom Authors
  • Notes
  • Index

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