{"product_id":"milton-studies-volume-46-9780822942894","title":"Milton Studies: Volume 46","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublished annually by Duquesne University Press as an important forum for Milton scholarship and criticism, \u003ci\u003eMilton Studies\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on various aspects of John Milton's life and writing, including biography; literary history; Milton's work in its literary, intellectual, political, or cultural contexts; Milton's influence on or relationship to other writers; and the history of critical response to his work. The eight essays in this volume offer a variety of fresh subjects and cutting-edge approaches to Milton's prose and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNine essays focus on \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSamson Agonistes\u003c\/i\u003e, and selected major prose works such as \u003ci\u003eAreopagitica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Defense of The English People\u003c\/i\u003e. The essays on\u003ci\u003e Samson Agonistes\u003c\/i\u003e are among the most revolutionary ever composed: the first interprets the protagonist in the context of royalist politics; the second reevaluates Milton's poem in light of present-day anxiety over terrorism and suicide bombers. One essay on \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e examines the theme of obedience in the epic poem and in Milton's treatise \u003ci\u003eOf Education\u003c\/i\u003e. A second uses the context of martyrology to investigate Adam's disobedience in partaking of the forbidden fruit and his willingness to die. A third essay cites evidence of Milton's acute awareness of seventeenth-century disputes concerning the structure of the universe, while a fourth essay identifies a baroque sensibility in rhythms of the blank verse. The final essay on \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e discerns how Milton accommodates science and philosophy in his biblical epic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHardcover is un-jacketed.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Albert C. Labriola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Milton Studies #46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.18h x 6.22w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822942894","brand":"Penn State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464032305289,"sku":"9780822942894","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3dd3aec4-c14e-45b4-9dac-90ec6841df6d.jpg?v=1784059878","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/milton-studies-volume-46-9780822942894","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}