Milton : Poet of Exile, Second Edition / Louis L. Martz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martz, Louis L., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Milton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This full and definitive treatment of the whole body of Milton's poetry, written by one of the country's most eminent Milton scholars, was originally published under the title Poet of Exile: A Study of Milton's Poetry. With a new title and an introduction developing the theme of exile, it is now issued in paperback for the first time."The most important single study of Milton that has appeared in years.... For a long time to come, it will be the book from which Milton's oeuvre is reviewed and from which Milton criticism seeks renewal." -Joseph Wittreich, Modern Language Quarterly"Martz's pleasure in reading Milton is evident and he conveys that pleasure in his pages.... All of us will want to ponder and can expect to profit from a commentary on the text carried on with the educated understanding, tact, skill, and perceptiveness that are everywhere present in this book." -B. Rajan, Modern Philology "A work that is both rich and rewarding.... The background that Martz brings to his subject illuminates Milton's poetry in fresh and exciting ways." -Michael Lieb, Cithara"The strength of Martz's criticism arises from his style as well as his learning and good sense. Observations are made in a manner which both clears the mind and arouses the imagination. Commonplace facts, acknowledged but ignored, suddenly take on fresh significance, while the results of scholarly research are introduced with easy grace and relevance. No one writing of Milton today has a sharper eye for the illuminating detail." -Hugh Maccallum, University of Toronto Quarterly"Martz's sensitive, percipient comments on the interplay of styles in Milton's poems provide some overarching unity to these diverse essays." -Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, Journal of English and Germanic Philology"The best major study of Milton's whole poetic career in almost half a century." -Arnold Stein

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

Acknowledgments

1. The Pastoral Music: A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle

2. The Rising Poet

3. Lycidas: Building the Lofty Rhyme

4. Princes of Exile

5. The Realms of Light

6. The Diffusion of Good

7. The Power of Choice

8. The Winding Up of the Action

9. "A Poem Written in Ten Books"

10. Trials of Faith

11. The Solitary Way

12. The Anti-Heroic Epic

13. Pastoral Love: Versions and Subversions

14. The Ultimate Design

15. Paradise Regained: The Interior Teacher

16. Samson Agonistes: The Breath of Heaven

Appendix 1. Paradise Regained and the Georgics

Appendix 2. Amor and Furor: Anti-Heroic Themes and the Unity of Ovid's Metamorphoses

Notes

List of Illustrations

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300162707

0300162707

OCLC:

1024049757