First published in 1987. Passionately praised and equally
passionately criticised by contemporary and later writers, the
figure of Milton inherited by the twentieth century is by no means
unified, despite the appearance of monumental unity his work
sometimes acquires in the classroom and in academic criticism. This
collection of essays gathers together disparate and often
conflicting representations of Milton as author and cultural
figure. Critics familiar with the traditions of Milton scholarship
and with debates in literary theory reconstruct Milton from
evidence provided by his own prose and poetry, by his
contemporaries (including some little-known women writers), by
Romantics such as Blake and Wordsworth, and, finally, by a
tradition of Afro-American writing that reflects Milton's influence
in ways previously unexamined by critics. The process of
reconstruction can also be seen as a process of "re-membering." The
volume draws inspiration from, but also interrogates, the figure
used in Areopagita to describe the quest for truth. Likening Truth
to the dismembered body of Osiris, Milton urges Truth's friends to
seek up and down, gathering "limb by limb" the body scattered
through time and space. Re-membering Milton includes work by
established critics from both sides of the Atlantic. Together these
contributors place Milton and different Milton traditions firmly
within the arenas of modem critical debate. As a result, the
collection will be of interest to a wide range of readers: scholars
concerned with Milton and Renaissance literature and history;
advanced undergraduates and graduate students; researchers in
women’s studies; and all readers generally concerned with trends
in literary and cultural theory.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Routledge Library Editions: Milton |
| Release date: |
October 2020 |
| First published: |
1988 |
| Editors: |
Mary Nyquist
• Margaret W. Ferguson
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
378 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-13976-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-367-13976-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780367139766 |
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