Milton'S Blindness / / Eleanor Gertrude Brown.
Studies the phase of Milton's life to focus on his blindness from its possible causes to autobiographical references in his poetry and literature.
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1968] ©1968 |
Year of Publication: | 1968 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. The Cause of Milton's Blindness -- I. Medicine and Hygiene in the Seventeenth Century -- II. Evidence Relating to the Cause of Milton's Blindness -- III. Fantastic Views of the Cause of Milton's Blindness -- IV. Congenital Syphilis as an Improbable Cause -- V. Glaucoma as a Probable Cause -- VI. Myopia and Detachment of the Retina as a Probable Cause -- Part II. Autobiographical References to His Blindness -- VII. The Sonnets -- VIII. Paradise Lost -- IX. The Three Defences -- X. Familiar Letters -- Part III. Milton as Reflected in His Poetry -- XI. The Psalms -- XII. A Paradise Within -- XIII. Breaking the Image -- Part IV. Milton's Eyes Take Holiday -- XIV. The Eclipse -- XV. He Did Not Stand and Wait -- XVI. The Problem of Milton Autographs -- XVII. The Effects of Blindness -- XVIII. Praise and Dispraise -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | Studies the phase of Milton's life to focus on his blindness from its possible causes to autobiographical references in his poetry and literature. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231886536 9783110442489 |
DOI: | 10.7312/brow92002 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Eleanor Gertrude Brown. |