The Miltonic MomentUniversity Press of Kentucky, 1998. 1. 1. - 175페이지 Milton's poems invariably depict the decisive instant in a story, a moment of crisis that takes place just before the action undergoes a dramatic change of course. Such instants look backward to a past that is about to be superseded or repudiated and forward, at the same time, to a future that will immediately begin to unfold. Martin Evans identifies this moment of transition as "the Miltonic Moment." This provocative new study focuses primarily on three of Milton's best known early poems: "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity," "A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle (Comus)," and "Lycidas." These texts share a distinctive perceptual and cognitive structure, which Evans defines as characteristically Miltonic, embracing a single moment that is both ending and beginning. The poems communicate a profound sense of intermediacy because they seem to take place between the boundaries that separate events. The works illuniated here, which also include Samson Agonistes and Paradise Regained, are all about transition from one form to another: from paganism to Christianity, from youthful inexperience to moral maturity, and from pastoral retirement to heroic engagement. This transformation is often ideological as well as historical or biographical. Evans shows that the moment of transition is characteristic of all Milton's poetry, and he proposes a new way of reading one of the seminal writers of the seventeenth century. Evans concludes that the narrative reversals in Milton's poetry suggest his constant attempts to bring about an intellectual revolution that, at a time of religious and political change in England, would transform an age. |
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... ( Comus ) , and Lycidas . These texts share a distinctive perceptual and cognitive struc- ture , which Evans defines as character- istically Miltonic , embracing a single moment that is both ending and beginning . The poems communicate a ...
... ( Comus ) , and Lycidas . These texts share a distinctive perceptual and cognitive struc- ture , which Evans defines as character- istically Miltonic , embracing a single moment that is both ending and beginning . The poems communicate a ...
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... Comus . 5. Renaissance - England . I. Title . II . Series . PR3588.E9 1998 821'.4 dc21 97-53104 This book is printed on acid - free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for ...
... Comus . 5. Renaissance - England . I. Title . II . Series . PR3588.E9 1998 821'.4 dc21 97-53104 This book is printed on acid - free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for ...
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... Comus's hymn to " Tipsy dance and Jollity " ( 104 ) echo both the rhythms and the sentiments of L'Allegro no less clearly than the sombre arguments of Il Penseroso try to contradict them ; and the first line of Lycidas invites us to ...
... Comus's hymn to " Tipsy dance and Jollity " ( 104 ) echo both the rhythms and the sentiments of L'Allegro no less clearly than the sombre arguments of Il Penseroso try to contradict them ; and the first line of Lycidas invites us to ...
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... Comus Re- visited , " which I contributed to Charles W. Durham and Kristin P. McColgan ( eds . ) " All in All " : Unity , Diversity , and the Miltonic Perspective ( Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press , 1998 ) . Abbreviations ...
... Comus Re- visited , " which I contributed to Charles W. Durham and Kristin P. McColgan ( eds . ) " All in All " : Unity , Diversity , and the Miltonic Perspective ( Selinsgrove : Susquehanna University Press , 1998 ) . Abbreviations ...
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... Comus the initial retrospect is strictly narrative . The Earl of Bridgewater , the Attendant Spirit informs us , has recently been appointed Lord President of Wales , and his children are on their way to Ludlow Castle " to attend their ...
... Comus the initial retrospect is strictly narrative . The Earl of Bridgewater , the Attendant Spirit informs us , has recently been appointed Lord President of Wales , and his children are on their way to Ludlow Castle " to attend their ...
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