Milton's contempt for women has been accepted since Samuel
Johnson's famous Life of the poet. Subsequent critics have long
debated whether Milton's writings were anti- or pro-feminine, a
problem further complicated by his advocacy of 'divorce on demand'
for men. Milton and Gender re-evaluates these claims of Milton as
anti-feminist, pointing out that he was not seen that way by
contemporaries, but espoused startlingly fresh ideas of marriage
and the relations between the sexes. The first two sections of
specially commissioned essays in this volume investigate the
representations of gender and sexuality in Milton's prose and
verse. In the final section, the responses of female readers
ranging from George Eliot and Virginia Woolf to lesser-known
artists and revolutionaries are brought to bear on Milton's
afterlife and reputation. Together, these essays provide a critical
perspective on the contested issues of femininity and masculinity,
marriage and divorce in Milton's work.
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