John Milton : the self and the world / John T. Shawcross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shawcross, John T., author.

Series:

Studies in the English Renaissance.

Studies in the English Renaissance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Psychology.

Poets, English.

Psychoanalysis and literature--England.

Psychoanalysis and literature.

Poetry--Psychological aspects.

Poetry.

Self in literature.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Psychology.

Milton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The facts of John Milton's life are well documented, but what of the person Milton -- the man whose poetic and prose works have been deeply influential and are still the subject of opposing readings? John Shawcross's ""different"" biography depicts the man against a psychological backdrop that brings into relief who he was -- in his works and from his works.While the theories of Freud, Lacan, Kohut, and others underlie this pursuit of Milton's ""self,"" Jung and some of his followers provide the basic understanding by which Shawcross places Milton in the panorama of history. His explorations o

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Roots of Being: Some Problems in Milton's Biography; 2. A Biographical and Literary Overview to 1645; 3. The Lady of Christ's; 4. Decision to Become a Poet; 5. Preparations; 6. The Left Hand and the Great Purpose; 7. Education as Means; 8. Covenant: Sacred and Profaned; 9. Moves toward the Great Purpose; 10. A Biographical and Literary Overview to 1674; 11. Interferences of the Self; 12. The Personal World: Man and Woman; 13. Further Interferences of the Self; 14. The Political Dimension; 15. The Religious Precept; 16. The Bible

17. Milton and 1674Appendix A: The Commonplace Book; Appendix B: Languages in the Commonplace Book; Appendix C: Dating of the Plans; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-9021-5

0-8131-5791-9

0-8131-7014-1

OCLC:

48138242