Faithful labourers : a reception history of Paradise lost, 1667-1970 /

A two-volume history of the criticism of John Milton's epic 'Paradise Lost', tracing the major debates as they have unfolded over the past three centuries.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leonard, John, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
Epic poetry, English > History and criticism.
Fall of man in literature.
Poésie épique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Chute de l'homme dans la littérature.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Epic poetry, English.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and a Note on Editions Used; VOLUME I. STYLE AND GENRE; I. Sound and Sense: 1667-1800; 1.1 Prefatory Remarks; 1.2 "Words of such a compass" (1674-1712); 1.3 "Our language sunk under him" (1712-1734); 1.4 "Doing what he Describes" (1734-1762); 1.5 "Rising gradually, like the swell of an organ" (1762-1800); 2. The Grand Style: 1800-1900; 2.1 Prefatory Remarks; 2.2 "He makes words tell as pictures" (1800-1819)
  • 2.3 "English ought to be kept up" (1819-1846) 2.4 "Somewhat more solid and of better taste" (1846-1859); 2.5 "An ascetic nature in a sheath of poetry" (1859-1863); 2.6 "God-gifted organ-voice of England" (1863-1877); 2.7 "We catch ourselves admiring things not altogether worthy of admiration" (1877-1900); 3. The Milton Controversy: 1900-1970; 3.1 Prefatory Remarks; 3.2 Prosodic Bickerings (1900-1916); 3.3 Dissociation (1916-1933); 3.4 Dislodgment (1933-1935); 3.5 Initial Defences (1935-1939)
  • 3.6 "Vigilant surrender" (1940-1947) 3.7 "Commanding voices": Scholars versus Critics (1947-1952); 3.8 "We must find other methods" (1953-1963); 3.9 Routing the Leavisites (1963-1970); 4. Paradise Lost and Epic; 4.1 Prefatory Remarks; 4.2 "Something like an Epick Poem" (1667-1733); 4.3 "Imitations of the Ancients" (1734-1801); 4.4 "The Laws of Epic Truth" (1801-1900); 4.5 "What is an Epic?" (1900-1950); 4.6 "Covert Allusions" (1950-1962); 4.7 Epic or Anti-Epic? (1963-1970); 4.8 Conclusions
  • 5. Epic Similes 5.1 Prefatory Remarks; 5.2 "Unresembling Circumstances" : the Digressive Simile (1667-1740); 5.3 "Propriety of Circumstances" : the Relevant Simile (1741-1815); 5.4 "So many repelling poles" : Discordant Similes (1815-1900); 5.5 Homologation Emergent (1900-1935); 5.6 "Implied Comparisons" (1935-1954); 5.7 "Relevance is better than irrelevance" : Homologation Triumphant (1954-1963); 5.8 Startling by Otherness: the Negative Simile (1963-1970); 5.9 Conclusions; Contents; VOLUME II. INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES
  • 6. Satan 6.1 Prefatory Remarks; 6.2 "Horrible Blasphemyes" (1667-1734); 6.3 The Bright Sublime (1734-1757); 6.4 The Dark Sublime (1757-1790); 6.5 "The Devils Party" (1790-1852); 6.6 "A person in process of degrading" (1852-1900); 6.7 Begetting and Exalting (1900-1940); 6.8 "A good morning-s hate of Satan" (1940-1947); 6.9 "He does not degenerate, he is degraded" (1947-1961); 6.10 Satan and "the guilty reader" (1962-1970); 6.11 Conclusions; 7. God; 7.1 Prefatory Remarks: the Three Traditions

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