Summary
On July 14th, 1790, a key figure in the French Revolution honoured Milton as a founding father of the French republic. In the light of this connection, it was appropriate that the 8th International Milton Symposium (7-11 June 2005) was held in Grenoble, cradle of the French Revolution. But the connection of Milton and Rights takes us well beyond the specific link with France, and the fascinating selection of essays assembled in this volume, many by leading Milton scholars, addresses the question in the poetry as well as the prose. Milton’s fervent but changing attitude to liberties is debated from various points of view, so that the volume contains essays on topics ranging from the musical adaptations of Samson Agonistes to its angrily argued parallel with contemporary terrorism, from air pollution in Paradise Lost to Milton’s supposed Puritanism and putative parallels with a French pornographer.
Details
- Pages
- XIV, 534
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039112364
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Milton, John Freiheit (Motiv) Kongress Langue anglaise Histoire Philosophie Littérature anglaise Langue américaine Grenoble (2005) Littérature américaine
- Published
- Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2007. XIV, 534 pp.
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