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Milton and the Culture of Violence / Michael Lieb.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©1994Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781501737039
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821/.4 20/eng/20230216
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Sources -- Introduction: The Poetics of Violence -- Part I. RENDING THE BODY -- 1. The Slaughter of the Saints -- 2. The Fate of the Poet -- 3. The Dismemberment of Orpheus -- Part II. GENDERING THE BODY -- 4. The Pursuit of the Lady -- 5. The Court of Belial -- 6. The Exposure of the Matron -- Part III. STAGING THE BODY -- 7. The Theater of Assault -- 8. The Repristination of the Self -- 9. The Humiliation of Priapus -- Conclusion: The Politics of Violence -- Index
Summary: In this powerful work of criticism, Lieb explores the culture of violence—shaped by myth as well as historical circumstance—that colors Milton's outlook and permeates his art. In Lieb's view, a central image in Milton's writings is the specter of sparagmos, or bodily mutilation and dismemberment. Tracing this image across Milton's entire career, Lieb offers authoritative new readings of Areopagitica, A Mask, Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost, as well as of lesser-known works.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Sources -- Introduction: The Poetics of Violence -- Part I. RENDING THE BODY -- 1. The Slaughter of the Saints -- 2. The Fate of the Poet -- 3. The Dismemberment of Orpheus -- Part II. GENDERING THE BODY -- 4. The Pursuit of the Lady -- 5. The Court of Belial -- 6. The Exposure of the Matron -- Part III. STAGING THE BODY -- 7. The Theater of Assault -- 8. The Repristination of the Self -- 9. The Humiliation of Priapus -- Conclusion: The Politics of Violence -- Index

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In this powerful work of criticism, Lieb explores the culture of violence—shaped by myth as well as historical circumstance—that colors Milton's outlook and permeates his art. In Lieb's view, a central image in Milton's writings is the specter of sparagmos, or bodily mutilation and dismemberment. Tracing this image across Milton's entire career, Lieb offers authoritative new readings of Areopagitica, A Mask, Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost, as well as of lesser-known works.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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