A New Companion to Milton (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

A New Companion to Milton builds on the critically-acclaimed original, bringing alive the diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies while reflecting the very latest advances in research in the field. Comprises 36 powerful readings of Milton's texts and the contexts in which they were created, each written by a leading scholar Retains 28 of the award-winning essays from the first edition, revised and updated to reflect the most recent research Contains a new section exploring Milton's global impact, in China, India, Japan, Korea, in Spanish speaking American and the Arab-speaking world Includes eight completely new full-length essays, each of which engages closely with Milton's poetic oeuvre, and a new chronology which sets Milton's life and work in the context of his age Explores literary production and cultural ideologies, issues of politics, gender and religion, individual Milton texts, and responses to Milton over time A New Companion To Milton Builds On The Critically Acclaimed Original, Bringing Alive The Diverse And Controversial World Of Contemporary Milton Studies, While Reflecting The Very Latest Advances In Research In The Field. The Companion Explores Literary Production And Cultural Ideologies, Issues Of Politics, Gender And Religion, Individual Milton Texts, And Relevant Contemporary Texts And Responses To Milton Over Time. Extensively Revised And Updated To Reflect The Most Recent Research, This New Edition Also Conveys The Excitement Of Recent Developments Through The Addition Of Eight Original Essays, Each Of Which Engages Closely With Milton's Poetic Oeuvre. It Now Includes A New Section Exploring Milton's Global Impact In China, India, Japan, Korea, In Spanish-speaking America, And The Arabic-speaking World, Along With A Chronology That Sets Milton's Life And Work In The Context Of His Age. The Result Is A Thoroughly Wide-ranging Companion That Offers A Balance Between Critical Readings And Historical And Cultural Context. --book Jacket. Genre / Barbara K. Lewalski -- The Classical Literary Tradition / John K. Hale -- Milton On The Bible / Regina M. Schwartz -- Literary Baroque And Literary Neoclassicism / Graham Parry -- Milton And English Poetry / Achsah Guibbory -- Milton's English / Thomas N. Corns -- The Legacy Of The Late Jacobean Period / Cedric C. Brown -- Milton And Puritanism / N. H. Keeble -- Radical Heterodoxy And Heresy / John Rumrich -- Milton And Ecology / Diane Kelsey Mccolley -- The English And Other Peoples / Andrew Hadfield -- The Literature Of Controversy / Joad Raymond -- 'on The Morning Of Christ's Nativity,' 'upon The Circumcision,' And 'the Passion' / Thomas N. Corns -- The Poetic Promise Of 'on The Morning Of Christ's Nativity' / Noam Reisner -- John Milton's Comus / Leah S. Marcus -- 'lycidas' / Stella P. Revard -- Milton's Sonnets / Ryan Netzley -- Exact Latinity And Excellent English: Milton's Early Poetry / Sara Knight -- Early Political Prose / Elizabeth Skerpan-wheeler --^ Milton, Marriage, And Divorce / Annabel Patterson -- Republicanism / Martin Dzelzainis -- Late Political Prose / Larua Lunger Knoppers -- Milton In Intellectual History / Stephen M. Fallon -- The Radical Religious Politics Of Paradise Lost / David Loewenstein -- Obedience And Automony In Paradise Lost / Mihael Schoenfeldt -- Paradise Lost And The Multiplicity Of Time / Amy Boesky -- Self-contradicting Puns In Paradise Lost / John Leonard -- A Paradise For Poets / Maggie Kilgour -- Milton And His Epic Precursors: Overgoing And Recuperation / Tobias Gregory -- 'nor Vacuous The Space': Milton's Chaos And The Vacuist-plenist Controversy / Rachel Trubowitz -- Samson Agonistes / Sharon Achinstein -- Memorial, Performance, And Tragic Action In Samson Agonistes / Feisal G. Mohamed -- Paradise Regained / Margaret Kean -- Satan, The Son Of God, And The Brief Epic / Thomas N. Corns -- Reading Milton, 1674-1800 / Kay Gilliland Stevenson -- Milton: The Romantics And After / Peter J. Kitson --^ Milton's Global Impact: The Arabic-speaking World / Islam Issa -- Milton's Global Impact: China / Tianhu Hao -- Milton's Global Impact: India / Malabika Sarkar -- Milton's Global Impact : Japan / Hiroko Sano -- Milton's Global Impact: Korea / Byung-eun Lee -- Milton's Global Impact: Spanish-speaking America / Mario Murgia -- The Life And Times Of John Milton: A Chronology / Thomas N. Corns. Edited By Thomas N. Corns. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.