John Selden - Scholar, Statesman, Advocate for Milton''s Muse

Explores the influence of the early modern historian and statesman John Selden on the thought and works of the poet John Milton.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: Synthesizing Imaginations: John Selden and John Milton


• 2: Selden and Milton on the Bible


• 3: Selden and Milton on Family Law


• 4: Making Law and Recording It: Part 1, John Selden (and John Milton) on Excommunication


• 5: Making Law and Recording It: Part II, Selden's Speeches


• Conclusion

About the author

Jason P. Rosenblatt, Emeritus Professor of English at Georgetown University, is author of Renaissance England's Chief Rabbi: John Selden (Oxford, 2006) and Torah and Law in 'Paradise Lost' (Princeton, 1994); editor of Milton's Selected Poetry and Prose (W. W. Norton, 2011); and co-editor of a book on biblical narrative, Not in Heaven (Indiana, 1991). He is editing The Discourse of John Selden, Esq. (Table Talk). He has held Guggenheim, Folger Library, and NEH fellowships. A recipient of the Milton Society of America's Hanford and Shawcross awards, he was the Society's Honored Scholar for 2015.

Summary

Explores the influence of the early modern historian and statesman John Selden on the thought and works of the poet John Milton.

Additional text

This inspiring book will generate much further exploration.

Product details

• Authors: Rosenblatt , Jason P. Rosenblatt, Jason P. (Emeritus Professor of Englis Rosenblatt, Rosenblatt Jason P.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780192842923
• ISBN: 978-0-19-284292-3
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance