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Milton, Evil and Literary History

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Milton, Evil and Literary History
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Claire Colebrook
SeriesContinuum Literary Studies
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:168
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreLiterary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets
ISBN/Barcode 9781441193735
ClassificationsDewey:821.4
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Edition NIPPOD

Publishing Details

Publisher Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint Continuum Publishing Corporation
Publication Date 20 October 2010
Publication Country United States

Description

Using the work of John Milton and his conflict between good and evil, this title shows how we read literary history according to quite specific images of growth, development, progression, flourishing and succession.

Author Biography

CLAIRE COLEBROOK teaches English Literature at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Reviews

Mention -Chronicle of Higher Education, May 30, 2008 "Colebrook's book is consistently interesting and presents often surprising dialogues between Milton's works and later theorists ... Claire Colebrook's exacting analysis is a welcome addition to the flurry of scholarshup for Milton's 400th year." Times Literary Supplement, January 2009 Mention in Studies of English Literature 1500-1900 (SEL), Vol. 49, Winter 2009 'The starting point of this bold and ambitious book is Milton's hostility to 'system'. Countering the Romantic view that Milton wrote 'in fetters', Claire Colebrook recovers the dynamic quality, the vitalism, of his prose and poetry, which locates the divine in many different and shifting forms, and she defends this recovery as a necessary counter-response to a tradition of literary criticism that would, mistakenly, rescue Milton from his own theodicy. But more than this, Colebrook makes an eloquent and original defence of the relevance of Milton today ... This is a major contribution to Milton studies and the history of critical thought.' - Jennifer Richards, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne -- Jennifer Richards, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne "In this clearly written, well-researched, and extraordinarily insightful book, Colebrook posits vitalism in Milton's poetry...Valuing intuition, human dynamism, and individuals' perceptual interaction with the world and others, Colebrook reanimated Milton's poetry so that the reader becomes a site of meaning...Summing up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and above." - A. C. Labriola, CHOICE, September 2008 -- A. C. Labriola * Choice *