Literary Milton: Text, Pretext, Context

Benet, Diana Trevino And Michael Lieb

ISBN 10: 0820702595 / ISBN 13: 9780820702599

Published by Duquesne University Press, 1994

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274 pp. 6 1/8 x 9 1/4. Burgundy boards with qtr beige cloth, stamped in gold on front and in black on spine. No dj. No damage or markings noted.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Literary Milton: Text, Pretext, Context
• Publisher: Duquesne University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820702595
• ISBN 13: 9780820702599
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Benet, Diana Trevino And Michael Lieb, Literary Milton: Text, Pretext, Context

Review

Literary Milton: Text , Pretext, Context is a seminal work of critical scholarship in which ten major Miltonists cogently argue the paramount significance of a central tent of the "new traditionalism": the author's intentionality is essential to the reader's understanding of the text. These essays explore the interrelationship of author, reader and text by reference to Milton's works, chiefly Paradise Lost but also other poems, such as the sonnets, and even the prose tracts. In its assessment of these issues, Literary Milton not only provides important insights into Milton's works but reclaims his standing as a literary craftsperson of the first order. Incorporating the finest insights of contemporary literary theory, the new traditionalism, as expounded and exemplified in Literary Milton, will set the pace for literary studies in the foreseeable future. -- Midwest Book Review