Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-181) and index.
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Introduction: the invented Milton -- The question of context -- Responses and their vicissitudes -- Comus: a fit of the mother -- The art of generation -- Culture and anarchy -- Notes -- Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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In this provocative study, John P. Rumrich exposes the historical inaccuracies and logical inconsistencies that sustain the current critical orthodoxy of John Milton as censorious preacher and aggressive misogynist. He argues instead for a more complex Milton, able to accommodate uncertainty.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Milton, John,1608-1674-- Criticism and interpretation-- History.
Milton, John,1608-1674-- Political and social views.
Milton, John,1608-1674.
Milton, John,1608-1674-- Critique et interprétation-- Histoire.
Milton, John,1608-1674-- Pensée politique et sociale.
Milton, John,(1608-1674)-- Critique et interprétation.
Milton, John,(1608-1674)-- Pensée politique et sociale.
Milton, John,1608-1674
Milton, John.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Historicism.
Literature and history-- Great Britain-- History-- 17th century.
Historicisme.
Littérature et histoire-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 17e siècle.
Historicism.
Literature and history.
Littérature et histoire-- Grande-Bretagne-- 1603-1714 (Stuarts)