Faithful labourers : a reception history of Paradise lost, 1667-1970 / by John Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leonard, John, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.

Milton, John.

Epic poetry, English--History and criticism.

Epic poetry, English.

Fall of man in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (878 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A two-volume history of the criticism of John Milton's epic 'Paradise Lost', tracing the major debates as they have unfolded over the past three centuries.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations and a Note on Editions Used; VOLUME I. STYLE AND GENRE; I. Sound and Sense: 1667-1800; 1.1 Prefatory Remarks; 1.2 'words of such a compass' (1674-1712); 1.3 'our language sunk under him' (1712-1734); 1.4 'Doing what he Describes' (1734-1762); 1.5 'rising gradually, like the swell of an organ' (1762-1800); 2. The Grand Style: 1800-1900; 2.1 Prefatory Remarks; 2.2 'He makes words tell as pictures' (1800-1819); 2.3 'English ought to be kept up' (1819-1846); 2.4 'somewhat more solid and of better taste' (1846-1859)

2.5 'an ascetic nature in a sheath of poetry' (1859-1863)2.6 'God-gifted organ-voice of England' (1863-1877); 2.7 'We catch ourselves admiring things not altogether worthy of admiration' (1877-1900); 3. The Milton Controversy: 1900-1970; 3.1 Prefatory Remarks; 3.2 Prosodic Bickerings (1900-1916); 3.3 Dissociation (1916-1933); 3.4 Dislodgment (1933-1935); 3.5 Initial Defences (1935-1939); 3.6 'vigilant surrender' (1940-1947); 3.7 'commanding voices': Scholars versus Critics (1947-1952); 3.8 'we must find other methods' (1953-1963); 3.9 Routing the Leavisites (1963-1970)

4. Paradise Lost and Epic4.1 Prefatory Remarks; 4.2 'Something like an Epick Poem' (1667-1733); 4.3 'Imitations of the Ancients' (1734-1801); 4.4 'The Laws of Epic Truth' (1801-1900); 4.5 'What is an Epic?' (1900-1950); 4.6 'Covert Allusions' (1950-1962); 4.7 Epic or Anti-Epic? (1963-1970); 4.8 Conclusions; 5. Epic Similes; 5.1 Prefatory Remarks; 5.2 'Unresembling Circumstances': the Digressive Simile (1667-1740); 5.3 'Propriety of Circumstances': the Relevant Simile (1741-1815); 5.4 'so many repelling poles': Discordant Similes (1815-1900); 5.5 Homologation Emergent (1900-1935)

5.6 'Implied Comparisons' (1935-1954)5.7 'relevance is better than irrelevance': Homologation Triumphant (1954-1963); 5.8 Startling by Otherness: the Negative Simile (1963-1970); 5.9 Conclusions; Contents; VOLUME II. INTERPRETATIVE ISSUES; 6. Satan; 6.1 Prefatory Remarks; 6.2 'horrible Blasphemyes' (1667-1734); 6.3 The Bright Sublime (1734-1757); 6.4 The Dark Sublime (1757-1790); 6.5 'The Devils Party' (1790-1852); 6.6 'a person in process of degrading' (1852-1900); 6.7 Begetting and Exalting (1900-1940); 6.8 'a good morning's hate of Satan' (1940-1947)

6.9 'he does not degenerate, he is degraded' (1947-1961)6.10 Satan and 'the guilty reader' (1962-1970); 6.11 Conclusions; 7. God; 7.1 Prefatory Remarks: the Three Traditions; 7.2 Inklings of Heresy (1667-1800); 7.3 Heresy Revealed (1800-1900); 7.4 Theological Disputes (1900-1941); 7.5 'If only He had been made sufficiently awful, mysterious, and vague' (1942-1961); 7.6 'the irascible eccentric on the mountain top' (1961-1970); 7.7 Conclusions; 8. Innocence; 8.1 Prefatory Remarks; 8.2 Affirming Innocence (1667-1779); 8.3 'Something of Anticipation' (1779-1900)

8.4 'The Tritest Theme' (1900-1951)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-19-877868-6

0-19-966655-5

0-19-164463-3

OCLC:

922972391