Milton among the Puritans
Title | Milton among the Puritans PDF eBook |
Author | Professor Catherine Gimelli Martin |
Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2013-04-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1409476189 |
Solidly grounded in Milton's prose works and the long history of Milton scholarship, Milton among the Puritans: The Case for Historical Revisionism challenges many received ideas about Milton's brand of Christianity, philosophy, and poetry. It does so chiefly by retracing his history as a great "Puritan poet" and reexamining the surprisingly tenuous Whig paradigm upon which this history has been built. Catherine Martin not only questions the current habit of "lumping" Milton with the religious Puritans but agrees with a long line of literary scholars who find his values and lifestyle markedly inconsistent with their beliefs and practices. Pursuing this argument, Martin carefully reexamines the whole spectrum of seventeenth-century English Puritanism from the standpoint of the most recent and respected scholarship on the subject. Martin also explores other, more secular sources of Milton's thought, including his Baconianism, his Christian Stoic ethics, and his classical republicanism; she establishes the importance of these influences through numerous direct references, silent but clear citations, and typical tropes. All in all, Milton among the Puritans presents a radical reassessment of Milton's religious identity; it shows that many received ideas about the "Puritan Milton" are neither as long-established as most scholars believe nor as historically defensible as most literary critics still assume, and resituates Milton's great poems in the period when they were written, the Restoration.
Milton among the Puritans
Title | Milton among the Puritans PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Gimelli Martin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 425 |
Release | 2016-04-22 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1317095979 |
Solidly grounded in Milton's prose works and the long history of Milton scholarship, Milton among the Puritans: The Case for Historical Revisionism challenges many received ideas about Milton's brand of Christianity, philosophy, and poetry. It does so chiefly by retracing his history as a great "Puritan poet" and reexamining the surprisingly tenuous Whig paradigm upon which this history has been built. Catherine Martin not only questions the current habit of "lumping" Milton with the religious Puritans but agrees with a long line of literary scholars who find his values and lifestyle markedly inconsistent with their beliefs and practices. Pursuing this argument, Martin carefully reexamines the whole spectrum of seventeenth-century English Puritanism from the standpoint of the most recent and respected scholarship on the subject. Martin also explores other, more secular sources of Milton's thought, including his Baconianism, his Christian Stoic ethics, and his classical republicanism; she establishes the importance of these influences through numerous direct references, silent but clear citations, and typical tropes. All in all, Milton among the Puritans presents a radical reassessment of Milton's religious identity; it shows that many received ideas about the "Puritan Milton" are neither as long-established as most scholars believe nor as historically defensible as most literary critics still assume, and resituates Milton's great poems in the period when they were written, the Restoration.
Milton and the Puritan Dilemma, 1641-1660
Title | Milton and the Puritan Dilemma, 1641-1660 PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur E. Barker |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1976-12-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442633271 |
This analysis of the progressive definition of John Milton’s social, political, and religious opinions during the fertile years of the Puritan Revolution has become a classic work of scholarship in the thirty-five years since it was first published. Professor Barker interprets Milton’s development in the light of his personal problems and of the changing climate of opinion among his revolutionary associates.
Milton and the Science of the Saints
Title | Milton and the Science of the Saints PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia B. Christopher |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2014-07-14 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1400853516 |
In the most sweeping claim yet made for Milton's puritanism, Georgia B. Christopher holds that the great poet assimilated classical literature through Reformation categories, not humanist ones. Examining Milton's major works against the beliefs of Luther and Calvin, she shows how his poetry reflects their view of Scripture, the extra-literary properties they accorded God's speech, and the responses they expected of readers. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Milton's Puritan Masque
Title | Milton's Puritan Masque PDF eBook |
Author | Maryann Cale McGuire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1983 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton
Title | Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton PDF eBook |
Author | Kristen Poole |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2006-03-30 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780521025447 |
The figure of the puritan has long been conceived as dour and repressive in character, an image which has been central to ways of reading sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history and literature. Kristen Poole's original study challenges this perception arguing that, contrary to current critical understanding, radical reformers were most often portrayed in literature of the period as deviant, licentious and transgressive. Through extensive analysis of early modern pamphlets, sermons, poetry and plays, the fictional puritan emerges as a grotesque and carnivalesque figure; puritans are extensively depicted as gluttonous, sexually promiscuous, monstrously procreating, and even as worshipping naked. By recovering this lost alternative satirical image, Poole sheds new light on the role played by anti-puritan rhetoric. Her book contends that such representations served an important social role, providing an imaginative framework for discussing familial, communal and political transformations that resulted from the Reformation.
The Puritan Origins of the American Self
Title | The Puritan Origins of the American Self PDF eBook |
Author | Sacvan Bercovitch |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1975-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780300021172 |
Errata slip inserted. Includes bibliographical references and index.