Milton on film

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"The history of Milton on film, and Paradise Lost in particular, has been full of ambitious visions and dazzling failures, and this book explores all, from the earliest proto-cinematic inventions to the contemporary age of sprawling digital cinematography and Hollywood blockbusters"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Eric C., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Duquesne University Press, [2015]
Series:Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Film adaptations.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Paradise lost.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
English literature > History and criticism.
Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > Histoire et critique.
English literature
Film adaptations
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Milton and the staging of spectacle
  • Pre-cinematic entertainment
  • Early cinema and the cinematic sublime
  • The ambivalence of the Miltonic film
  • Winged warriors and the war in heaven
  • "All hell broke loose": the horror film
  • Conclusion: blockbuster Paradise lost.

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