Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot - Hardcover

Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot.

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Buchbeschreibung Hardcover with dust jacket. Zustand: Gut. XVII, 458 p. Lediglich der Schutzumschlag ist leicht berieben, sonst ein sehr gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen, beiliegend eine Rezension zum Buch / Only the dust jacket is slightly rubbed, otherwise a very good copy with no markings, enclosed is a review of the book. - John Milton is one of the world s greatest LX poets, renowned author of the epic Paradise Lost as well as numerous sonnets and other works. But he was also deeply involved in the political and religious controversies of his time. Fully immersed in the new and rapidly changing print culture, he wrote a series of challenging pamphlets on free speech, divorce, and religious, political, and social rights that forced a complete rethinking of the nature and practice not only of government, but of human freedom itself. Having put his pen at the service of Parliament against King Charles, and his Latin at the service of Cromwell s new commonwealth, Milton was lucky to escape with his life when the Restoration came. By then completely blind, he persevered, creating the majestic works that made him immortal. For centuries Milton has emerged from biographies either as a saintly figure removed from the messy business of personal affections or as a woman-hating domestic tyrant. Yet as Anna Beer shows, his personal life was just as rich and complex as his professional one. Neither ogre nor paragon, Milton had intense and often troubled relationships with both men (such as his early, passionate friendship with Charles Diodati) and women throughout all three of his marriages. By closely examining all aspects of Milton s life his poetry, his prose, his Latin writings his careful editing of his own biography, the records of his government work, and the social and political history of England during one of it most tumultuous periods Anna Beer succeed in bringing a celebrated and enigmatic writer to vivid life on the four hundredth anniversary of his birth. / CONTENTS Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Conventions Preface Maps Part One: The Making of John Milton 1 The City, 1608 2 Cambridge, 1625 3 Misrule, 1628 4 Masque, 1634 5 Elegy, 1637 6 Italy, 1638 7 Damon, 1640 Part Two: John Milton, Englishman 8 The Church, 1641 9 Divorce, 1642 10 Censorship, 1644 11 Poems, 1645 12 Revolution, 1649 13 Government, 1651 14 Defence, 1654 15 Crisis, 1659 Part Three: Poet and Prophet 16 Defeat, 1660 17 Epic, 1667 18 Revelation, 1667 19 Resurgence, 1671 20 The City, 1674 Notes Select Bibliography Index. ISBN 9781596914711 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 855. Artikel-Nr. 1219363

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