John Milton / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's Classic Critical Views

Bloom's classic critical views

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Poets, English.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.

Milton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Esteemed literary critic Harold Bloom calls John Milton the greatest poet of the 17th century and the most powerful in the language after Shakespeare and Chaucer. Milton remains a radical example of the influence of an exemplary mind upon itself. Written just after the Restoration period in England, Milton's blank-verse epic, Paradise Lost, dramatized humankind's ""fortunate fall"" from grace and earned him a permanent place in the canon. This new entry in the Bloom's Classic Critical Views series looks at Milton throughout the centuries, lending a vital critical eye to this poet, and features

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Introduction; Volume Introduction by Harold Bloom; Biography; Personal; General; Works; Chronology; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-4381-3599-8

OCLC:

705929232