Milton and the Drama of History: Historical Vision, Iconoclasm, and the Literary ImaginationCambridge University Press, 27 jul 1990 - 197 pagina's This first book-length study explores the relationship between Milton's vision of history and his literary imagination in the revolutionary prose and great poems. It focuses on Milton as a controversial writer actively engaged in shaping, representing, and participating in the drama of history of his age. Highlighting the apocalyptic and iconoclastic components of Milton's historical vision, the book examines the more turbulent dimensions of his polemic and poetic works. Loewenstein stresses the importance of Milton's less canonical texts (such as Eikonoklastes and the History of Britain) and shows how they illuminate the sense of history dramatized in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes. Analyzing the literary expressions of Milton's radicalism, this study reveals a complex interaction among historical consciousness and figurative expression, political vision and textual effects. |
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... Spectacle of Martyrdom Milton Iconoclastes 62 3238 52 55 4 " Great Acts and Great Eloquence " : The Historical Imagination in the Later Revolutionary Prose The Defenses and the Poetics of History The History of Britain History and the ...
... Spectacle of Martyrdom Milton Iconoclastes 62 3238 52 55 4 " Great Acts and Great Eloquence " : The Historical Imagination in the Later Revolutionary Prose The Defenses and the Poetics of History The History of Britain History and the ...
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... Spectacle of Power : Samson Agonistes and the Drama of History " The Mystery of God " " Horrid Spectacle " Samson Iconoclastes Calm of Mind ? Notes Index 107 III 120 128 136 140 149 152 189 Acknowledgments IT IS A pleasure to record the ...
... Spectacle of Power : Samson Agonistes and the Drama of History " The Mystery of God " " Horrid Spectacle " Samson Iconoclastes Calm of Mind ? Notes Index 107 III 120 128 136 140 149 152 189 Acknowledgments IT IS A pleasure to record the ...
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Inhoudsopgave
The Drama of History in the Early Revolutionary Prose | 8 |
Apocalyptic Wrath Apocalyptic History | 20 |
Impassioned Prose and Historical Vision | 28 |
2 | 35 |
Iconoclasm as History | 51 |
The Historical Imagination | 74 |
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active Adam Animadversions Antichrist apocalyptic Areopagitica biblical Cambridge Charles Christ Christian Christopher Hill church controversial prose critical Cromwell Dagon depiction destruction discourse divine drama of history dynamic Eikon Basilike Eikonoklastes England English Revolution envisions epic expression figure God's godly Hayden White historian historical consciousness historical process historical vision historiographer History of Britain human history icon iconoclastic ideological imaginative John Milton king king's literary London major poems masque metaphors Michael's prophecy millennial Milton observes Milton's age Milton's historical Milton's prose Milton's revolutionary mythopoetic narrative nation Oxford Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parliament passage poet poetics of history polemicist polemics political prelatical process of history Puritan Reason of Church-Government recalls Reformation regenerate relation Renaissance renovation response to history reveals revolutionary prose rhetoric Saints Samson Agonistes Second Defense sense of history Smectymnuus social spectacle spirit tension theatrical thir tragedy Truth turbulent typological vehement violent vision of history writing