Milton's LegacyKristin A. Pruitt, Charles W. Durham In The Reason of Church Government, a thirty-three-year-old John Milton writes of his hope that by labour and intent study... joyn'd with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die. Even the young Milton, committed as he was to achieving a place in the annals of poetic history, might have been surprised by the strenuous efforts in aftertimes to keep his legacy alive. The fifteen essays that comprise this collection focus, from varied perspectives, on Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and A Mask, poems that have attracted sustained critical attention. Several consider shorter poems, such as the Nativity Ode, The Passion, Upon the Circumcision, and Sonnet 14. Some pursue issues of sources, authorship, and audience, while still others probe extant biographical records or reflect on the author as biographical subject. Diverse though they are in subject matter, approaches, and emphases, all demonstrate how Milton scholarship in the twenty-first century continues to be committed to not willingly let ting] Milton's literary legacy die. Kristin A. Brothers University. Charles W. Durham is professor emeritus of English at Middle Tennessee State University, and is president of the Milton Society of America. |
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Because interpretation inevitably puts readers in the position of supplying moral
meaning to the texts they consider , the very best of books can always be read in
such a way as to yield immoral interpretations . As Milton laments : “ a fool will be
...
Because interpretation inevitably puts readers in the position of supplying moral
meaning to the texts they consider , the very best of books can always be read in
such a way as to yield immoral interpretations . As Milton laments : “ a fool will be
...
Page 46
Construing the evil interpretations available in the angel ' s discourse to be proof
of his ineptitude as an instructor , these ... renders Raphael blameless for the
sinful readings that might arise from his text as a result of bad acts of
interpretation .
Construing the evil interpretations available in the angel ' s discourse to be proof
of his ineptitude as an instructor , these ... renders Raphael blameless for the
sinful readings that might arise from his text as a result of bad acts of
interpretation .
Page 219
The Bible lay open to reason ; and , interpreted according to the principle of
charity , God ' s justness and goodness also lay open to reason . ” Schwartz
asserts that Milton — unlike any " of the philosophers of this burgeoning age of
reason ...
The Bible lay open to reason ; and , interpreted according to the principle of
charity , God ' s justness and goodness also lay open to reason . ” Schwartz
asserts that Milton — unlike any " of the philosophers of this burgeoning age of
reason ...
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Contents
Introduction | 13 |
Raphaels Role in Paradise Lost | 33 |
Hierarchy Alterity and Freedom in Paradise Lost | 50 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Milton's Legacy |
| Editors | Kristin A. Pruitt, Charles W. Durham |
| Publisher | Susquehanna University Press, 2005 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 1575910861, 9781575910864 |
| Length | 257 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
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