Milton and the Making of ‹i›Paradise Lost‹/i› / / William Poole.
William Poole recounts Milton's life as England’s self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written. How did a blind man compose this staggeringly complex, intensely visual work? Poole explores how Milton’s life and preoccupations inform th...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- PART ONE: MILTON -- 1. The Undertaking -- 2. School and the Gils -- 3. An Anxious Young Man -- 4. Ambitions -- 5. Milton’s Syllabus -- 6. Securing a Reputation -- 7. Two Problematic Books -- 8. Systematic Theology -- 9. Drafts for Dramas -- 10. Two Competitors: Davenant and Cowley -- 11. Going Blind -- 12. The Undertaking, Revisited -- 13. Bibliographical Interlude: Publishing Paradise Lost -- PART TWO: PARADISE LOST -- 14. Structure -- 15. Creating a Universe -- 16. Epic Disruption -- 17. Military Epic -- 18. Scientific Epic -- 19. Pastoral Tragedy -- 20. Contamination and Doubles -- 21. Justifying the Ways of God to Men -- 22. Becoming a Classic -- Appendix: Milton’s Classroom Authors -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | William Poole recounts Milton's life as England’s self-elected national poet and explains how the greatest poem of the English language came to be written. How did a blind man compose this staggeringly complex, intensely visual work? Poole explores how Milton’s life and preoccupations inform the poem itself—its structure, content, and meaning. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674982673 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674982673 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | William Poole. |