Johnson's Milton / Christine Rees.

Author/creator Rees, Christine
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxiii, 296 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Electronic LocationInhaltsverzeichnis
Subjects

Contents Johnson the reader/writer : appropriating Milton's texts. Summoning Milton's ghost : Miltonic allusion in the periodical essays ; 'No Miltonian fire'? : Miltonic allusion in Johnson's poetry ; Rasselas : a rewriting of Paradise lost? ; 'Licence they mean when they cry liberty' : the 1770s tracts -- Johnson the critic : assessing Milton's achievement. 'Phantoms which cannot be wounded' : the Lauder affair ; Cutting a Colossus : Johnson's criticism of Paradise lost ; Cherry-stones : Johnson on Milton's shorter poems -- Johnson the biographer : constructing Milton's character. 'An acrimonious and surly republican' : Milton as political subject ; 'Domestick privacies' : Milton as private subject ; Conclusion : 'what other author ever soared so high?'
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [274]-290) and index.
LCCN 2010281788
ISBN9780521192798
ISBN052119279X

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PR3537.L5 R44 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold