Theatrical Milton: Politics and Poetics of the Staged Body

ISBN-13: 9781474421010 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 256 str.

Brendan Prawdzik

Opis

This book changes the terms of scholarly discussion and discovers how the social structures of theatre afforded Milton resources for poetic and polemical representation and uncovers the precise contours of Milton's interest in theatre and drama.

Spis treści

Introduction – Theatrical Milton; 1. Speaking Body – The Vacation Exercise and Paradise Lost; 2. Printless Feet – Early Lyrics and the Maske; 3. Bending the Fool – Animadversions and the Early Prose; 4. Theatre of Vegetable Love – Paradise Lost; 5. Passion’s Looking-Glass – Samson Agonistes; Epilogue – A Systemic Corpus.