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1 online resource (xii, 214 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 164-208) and index. |
| Contents |
1. "Plainly partiall": the liberal Areopagitica -- 2. "Not the readiest way": Milton and the abandonment of politics -- 3. Introduction: Whig metaphysics -- 4. "Abnormal forms of discourse": Milton's De Doctrina Christiana -- 5. "Milton contrasted with Milton": multiplicity in De Doctrina Christiana -- 6. Those Grand Whigs, Bentley and Fish -- 7. A "noble stroke": representation in Paradise Lost -- Conclusion: devils, angels, and Milton. |
| Summary |
"John Milton - heretic, defender of the Cromwellian regicides, epic poet - holds a crucial strategic position on the intellectual and ideological map of literary studies. In this provocative and liberating study, John P. Rumrich contends that contemporary critics, despite differences in methodology, have contributed to the invention of a monolithic or institutional Milton as censorious preacher, aggressive misogynist, and champion of the emerging bourgeoisie. Rumrich reveals the pressures that have shaped this current critical orthodoxy, and exposes the historical inaccuracies and logical inconsistencies that sustain it. Through analysis of Milton's poetry and prose, and consideration of the historical forces that informed Milton's writing, Rumrich argues instead for a more complex Milton who was able to accommodate uncertainty and doubt."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation -- History.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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History. |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. De doctrina Christiana.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. |
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De doctrina Christiana (Milton, John) |
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Christian poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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Christian poetry, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kolbrener, William. Milton's warring angels. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 0521581044 (DLC) 96023377 (OCoLC)34926773 |
| ISBN |
0585030111 (electronic book) |
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9780585030111 (electronic book) |
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0511000812 (electronic book) |
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9780511000812 (electronic book) |
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0521581044 |
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