Milton and the Drama of History - Historical Vision, Iconoclasm, and the Literary Imagination (Paperback, New ed)

How did Milton's understanding of history relate to his literary expression of it? This book explores the role of history in Milton's literary works. It focuses on the writer's imaginative responses to the historical process - his interpretations of the past, visions of the future, and sense of the contemporary historical moment. David Loewenstein presents Milton as a controversial writer actively engaged in shaping, representing and participating in the drama of history of his age. Highlighting the apocalyptic and iconoclastic components of Milton's historical vision, the book examines the more turbulent dimensions of his polemic and poetic works. It stresses the importance of his less canonical texts, including Eikonoklastes and the History of Britain, and shows how they illuminate the sense of history dramatized in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes. Analysing the literary expressions of Milton's radicalism, this study reveals a complex interaction between consciousness and figurative expression, political vision and textual effects.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2006
First published:	1990
Authors:	David Loewenstein
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03532-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	0-521-03532-5
Barcode:	9780521035323

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