Milton''s Poetical Thought - The Literary Agenda

At a time when literature is thought to have limited value in a world dominated by scientific thinking, this volume offers close readings of John Milton's major works to argue that poetry is a vital means of knowing the world and answering the most fundamental questions.

List of contents

• Preface: Milton's Luxurious Imagination


• 1: Born to Write


• 2: The Poet's Paradise


• 3: Milton's Readers


• Further Reading

About the author

Maggie Kilgour is a prize-winning teacher at McGill University where she is Molson Professor of English. A lover of poetry since she started reading, she is interested in all forms of literature but has written especially on Milton, the gothic novel, the reception of the classical tradition, and cannibalism.

Summary

At a time when literature is thought to have limited value in a world dominated by scientific thinking, this volume offers close readings of John Milton's major works to argue that poetry is a vital means of knowing the world and answering the most fundamental questions.

Product details

• Authors: Maggie Kilgour, Maggie (Molson Professor of English Kilgour
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.08.2021
• EAN: 9780198808824
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880882-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: The Literary Agenda
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets