1st Edition

Re-membering Milton Essays on the Texts and Traditions

Edited By Mary Nyquist, Margaret W. Ferguson Copyright 1988
382 Pages
by Routledge

382 Pages
by Routledge

382 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

Notes on Contributors;  Preface;  Acknowledgements;  Part One: The Author Function;  1. The Great lnstauration: Imaginary Narratives in Milton’s "Nativity Ode" Richard Halpern  2. Two Masques of Ceres and Proserpine: "Camus" and "The Tempest" Mary Loeffelholz  3. Milton and Sexuality: A Symptomatic Reading of "Camus" Christopher Kendrick  4. The Author’s Authority: "Areopagitica" and the Labour of Licensing Abbie BlumPart Two: Texts in their Contemporary Contexts;  5. The Genesis of Gendered Subjectivity in the Divorce Tracts and in "Paradise Lost" Mary Nyquist  6. David’s Census: Milton’s Politics and "Paradise Regained" David Quint  7. The Father’s House: "Samson Agonistes" in its Historical Moment John Guillory;  Part Three: The Written Word;  8. Milton’s Graphic Poetics Richard Bradford  9. Melos versus Logos or Why Doesn’t God Sing: Some Thoughts on Milton’s Wisdom Eleanor Cook  10. The Blotted Book Herbert Marks  11. Driving from the Letter: Truth and Indeterminacy in Milton’s "Areopagitica" Stanley FishPart Four: Re-memberings;  12. Blake’s "Milton": On Membership in the Church Paul David Reide  13. Milton and Afro-American Literature Carolivia Herron  14. Love between Milton and Wordsworth Robin Jarvis  15. Satan and the Romantic Satan: A Notebook Kenneth Gross  16. The God that Failed Terry Eagleton;  Index

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Mary Nyquist, Margaret W. Ferguson