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New essays on Thomas Traherne challenge traditional critical
readings of the poet. Thomas Traherne has all too often been
defined and studied as a solitary thinker, "out of his time", and
not as a participant in the complex intellectual currents of the
period. The essays collected here take issue with this reading,
placing Traherne firmly in his historical context and situating his
work within broader issues in seventeenth-century studies and the
history of ideas. They draw on recently published textual
discoveries alongside manuscripts which will soon be published for
the first time. They address major themes in Traherne studies,
including Traherne's understanding of matter and spirit, his
attitude towards happiness and holiness, his response to solitude
and society, and his Anglican identity. As a whole, the volume aims
to re-ignite discussion on settled readings of Traherne's work, to
reconsider issues in Traherne scholarship which have long lain
dormant, and to supplement our picture of the man and his writings
through new discoveries and insights. Elizabeth S. Dodd is
programme leader for the MA in theology, ministry and mission and
lecturer in theology, imagination and culture at Sarum College,
Salisbury; Cassandra Gorman is lecturer in English at Trinity
College, Cambridge. Contributors: Jacob Blevins, Warren Chernaik,
Phoebe Dickerson, Elizabeth S. Dodd, Ana Elena Gonzalez-Trevino,
Cassandra Gorman, Carol Ann Johnston, Alison Kershaw, Kathryn
Murphy
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Global Milton and Visual Art (Hardcover)
Angelica Duran, Mario Murgia; Contributions by Joseph Wittreich, Hiroko Sano, Ana Elena Gonzalez-Trevino, …
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Global Milton and Visual Art showcases the aesthetic appropriation
and reinterpretation of the works and legend of the early modern
English poet and politician John Milton in diverse eras, regions,
and media: book illustrations, cinema, digital reworkings,
monuments, painting, sculpture, shieldry, and stained glass. It
innovates an inclusive approach to Milton's literary art,
especially his masterpiece Paradise Lost, in global contemporary
aesthetics via intertextual and interdisciplinary relations. The
fifteen purposefully-brief chapters, 103 illustrations, and 64
supplemental web-images reflect the great richness of the topics
and the diverse experiences and expertise of the contributors. Part
I: Panoramas, provides overviews and key contexts; Part II: Cameos
offers different perspectives of the varied afterlives of the most
widely-circulating illustrations of Paradise Lost, those by Gustave
Dore; Part III: Textual Close-ups focuses on a rich variety of book
illustrations, from centuries-old elite engravings to a
twenty-first century graphic novel; and Part IV: A Prospect beyond
Books, explores visual media outside of books that manifest
powerful connections, direct and indirect, with Milton's works and
legend.
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