Milton and the Rise of Russian Satanism / Valentin Boss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boss, Valentin, author.

Contributor:

Stuart Curran-Joseph Wittreich Milton Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Characters--Devil.

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Influence.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Russian poetry--History and criticism.

Russian poetry.

Devil in literature.

Devil.

Penn Provenance:

Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)

Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (Milton Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxvi, 276 pages, [32] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1991.

Contents:

Introduction: The Rise of Russian Satanism

Part I. The Satan of the Enlightenment. 1. Satan and the First Translation of Paradise Lost; 2. Introducing Milton's Satan to the Common Reader; 3. Monks and 'Pocket Poets': Publication; 4. Masonic Devils and the Light Within; 5. Satan, Pugachev, and the French Revolution

Part II. Satan as Romantic and Marxist Idol. 6. The Demonic Tradition from Zhukovsky to Pushkin; 7. Milton's Satan and Lermontov; 8. Banning and Reviving Satan; 9. 1917 and After: The Triumph of Milton's Satan; 10. Satan as Anti-Imperialist; Conclusion: Prince of Darkness, Prince of Light

Appendixes. I. Milton's Interest in Russia; II. An English Oration Concerning Milton's Satan from Lermontov's School; III. A Chronological Distribution Table.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-254) and index.

Local Notes:

PR3562.B66 1991 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2021 has dust jacket with protective transparent cover retained and has "First Edition" printed on front free endpaper. Photocopy review from Milton Quarterly and advertisement are laid in.

ISBN:

0802057950 :

OCLC:

22384337