书名: John Milton: A Short Introduction (Blackwell Introductions to Literature)
作者: Roy Flannagan (Author)
出版社: Blackwell Publishers (April 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631226192
ISBN-13: 978-0631226192
Book Description
Using current critical perspectives, this uncluttered introduction to John Milton, and to his prose and poetry, presents him as a radical social theorist. Its emphasis is on a clear presentation of this complex and sophisticated author and his works.
Review
"A founder and longtime editor of the Milton Quarterly and editor of the Riverside Milton, with 32 years' experience teaching at Ohio University, Flannagan is eminently qualified to explain the greatness of English poet John Milton and he's marvelously successful in achieving his goal. Focusing on the oral qualities of Milton's art, Flannagan argues that he brought to his work an unequaled learning, humor, and skill that stretch and ultimately break aesthetic, religious, and political conventions, making him still relevant. Organized chronologically and centered on Milton's major works, this introduction is not a handbook to be consulted but a book to be read so that one can understand Milton's organic development. Fresh, fluent, and witty, Flannagan's treatment is thoroughly informed by the insights of current literary theory and is rendered without jargon. Of particular interest are his remarks on Adam and Eve in terms of ecocriticism. While he assumes some familiarity with Milton, Flannagan's discussion is accessible to the general reader yet offers insights to the specialist. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." -- T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., Savannah, GA, Library Journal
About the Author
Roy Flannagan began what was to become the Milton Quarterly in 1967. He has been the President of the Milton Society of America, and he followed C. S. Lewis and Northrop Frye as Honored Scholar of the Society in 2001. Editor of the Riverside Milton, he is also President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. After 32 years at Ohio University, he has taken the position of Scholar in Residence at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort.
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作者: Roy Flannagan (Author)
出版社: Blackwell Publishers (April 2002)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0631226192
ISBN-13: 978-0631226192
Book Description
Using current critical perspectives, this uncluttered introduction to John Milton, and to his prose and poetry, presents him as a radical social theorist. Its emphasis is on a clear presentation of this complex and sophisticated author and his works.
Review
"A founder and longtime editor of the Milton Quarterly and editor of the Riverside Milton, with 32 years' experience teaching at Ohio University, Flannagan is eminently qualified to explain the greatness of English poet John Milton and he's marvelously successful in achieving his goal. Focusing on the oral qualities of Milton's art, Flannagan argues that he brought to his work an unequaled learning, humor, and skill that stretch and ultimately break aesthetic, religious, and political conventions, making him still relevant. Organized chronologically and centered on Milton's major works, this introduction is not a handbook to be consulted but a book to be read so that one can understand Milton's organic development. Fresh, fluent, and witty, Flannagan's treatment is thoroughly informed by the insights of current literary theory and is rendered without jargon. Of particular interest are his remarks on Adam and Eve in terms of ecocriticism. While he assumes some familiarity with Milton, Flannagan's discussion is accessible to the general reader yet offers insights to the specialist. Highly recommended for both public and academic libraries." -- T.L. Cooksey, Armstrong Atlantic State Univ., Savannah, GA, Library Journal
About the Author
Roy Flannagan began what was to become the Milton Quarterly in 1967. He has been the President of the Milton Society of America, and he followed C. S. Lewis and Northrop Frye as Honored Scholar of the Society in 2001. Editor of the Riverside Milton, he is also President of the Council of Editors of Learned Journals. After 32 years at Ohio University, he has taken the position of Scholar in Residence at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort.
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