Milton and the Poetics of Freedom /

"Offers new readings of Milton's major works, including Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, highlighting how Milton shifts the parlance of freedom and liberty from the arena of civic order to that of the individual conscience engaged in the process of choo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Woods, Susanne, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Duquesne University Press, [2013]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Liberty in literature.
Liberte dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early modern liberty: the tenure of kings and magistrates, English cultural self-definition, and divine right
  • The poetics of freedom: "the poet Collingbourne," and Sidney on politics and poetics
  • Milton's early poetics of choice: the 1645 poems, doctrine and discipline of divorce, and Areopagitica
  • Knowledge, choice, and freedom in Paradise lost
  • Freedom and vocation in Paradise regained and Samson Agonistes
  • Areopagitica's reception history and modern contestations of freedom.

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