Poet of revolution : the making of John Milton
Nicholas McDowell
Bok · Engelsk · 2020 · Biographies.
| Omfang | xvi, 485 sider : illustrasjoner, portretter, facsimiles
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| Opplysninger | A biography of Milton's formative years, Nicholas McDowell draws on recent archival discoveries to reconcile at last the poet and polemicist. He charts Milton's development from his earliest days as a London schoolboy, through his university life and travels in Italy, to his emergence as a public writer during the English Civil War. At the same time, McDowell presents fresh, richly contextual readings of Milton's best-known works from this period, including the "Nativity Ode," "L'Allegro" and "Il Penseroso," Comus, and "Lycidas." Challenging biographers who claim that Milton was always a secret radical, Poet of Revolution shows how the events that provoked civil war in England combined with Milton's astonishing programme of self-education to instil the beliefs that would shape not only his political prose but also his later epic masterpiece.
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| Emner | Milton, John , 1608-1674 - Political and social views.
Poets, English Poets, English - Early modern - Biography. Political and social views. |
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| ISBN | 0691154694. - 9780691154695
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