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Buttressing a Monarchy: Literary Representations of William III and the Glorious Revolution
Posted on March 27, 2012 | No CommentsThe 1690s have been unfairly criticized as one of the dullest periods in English literature.i While the period lacks the euphoria of the years immediately following the Restoration, the literature in the years following William III’s ascension is anything but dull. As writers wrestled with the monumental changes to the English government brought about by the Glorious Revolution, they created a body of literature that significantly engages political issues and vibrantly expresses the varied conceptions of government circulating at the time. -
“That vain Animal”: Rochester’s Satyr and the Theriophilic Paradox
Posted on April 24, 2010 | No Comments“That vain Animal”: Rochester’s Satyr and the Theriophilic Paradox Rosenfeld, Nancy Early Modern Literary Studies 9.2 (September 2003) Abstract The Satyr against Reason and Mankind by John Wilmot, second Earl... -
“To stand upright will ask thee skill”: The Pinnacle and the Paradigm
Posted on April 5, 2010 | No Comments“To stand upright will ask thee skill”: The Pinnacle and the Paradigm Barton, Carol Early Modern Literary Studies 6.2 (September, 2000) Abstract Paradise Regain’d was considered inferior to the diffuse... -
“In this dark world and wide”: Samson Agonistes and the Meaning of Christian Heroism
Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments“In this dark world and wide”: Samson Agonistes and the Meaning of Christian Heroism Barton, Carol Early Modern Literary Studies 5.2 (September, 1999) Abstract In this essay, I argue that... -
The Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe Poetic Nocturne: From Ancient Motif to Renaissance Genre Fitter, Chris Early Modern Literary Studies 3.2 (September 1997) Abstract The genre of poetic nocturne needs dating not to the eighteenth... -
England as Israel in Milton’s Writings
Posted on March 18, 2010 | No CommentsEngland as Israel in Milton’s Writings Hale, John K. Early Modern Literary Studies 2.2 (August 1996): Contents Abstract By surveying Milton’s use and non-use of certain biblical images, this essay... -
Milton’s Titles
Posted on March 16, 2010 | No CommentsMilton’s Titles Hale, John K. Early Modern Literary Studies 13.1 (May, 2007) Abstract Milton’s titling practices are examined from four main standpoints. First, ideas about titling as a speech-act are... -
Mourning Eve, Mourning Milton in Paradise Lost
Posted on March 15, 2010 | No CommentsMourning Eve, Mourning Milton in Paradise Lost Hodgson, Elizabeth M. A. Early Modern Literary Studies 11.1 (May, 2005) Abstract Hamlet’s mourning black seems to be a form of armour which... -
Human Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise Lost
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsHuman Nature in Republican Tradition and Paradise Lost Walker, William Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract An account of human nature is an important component of arguments about... -
Women, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts
Posted on March 9, 2010 | No CommentsWomen, Children, and the Rhetoric of Milton’s Divorce Tracts van den Berg, Sara Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004) Abstract In his divorce tracts, Milton uses vignette, metaphor, and... -
“Thy temperance invincible”: Humanism in Book II of The Faerie Queene and Paradise Regained
Posted on March 8, 2010 | No Comments“Thy temperance invincible”: Humanism in Book II of The Faerie Queene and Paradise Regained Sung-Kyun, Yim Early Modern Literary Studies 9.1 (May 2003) Abstract This essay argues that Spenser and... -
Paradise Lost and the Acoustics of Hell
Posted on March 7, 2010 | No CommentsParadise Lost and the Acoustics of Hell Steggle, Matthew Early Modern Literary Studies 7.1/ Special Issue 8 (May, 2001) Abstract What does Hell sound like? Almost all the accounts of... -
Milton and the Jacobean Church of England
Posted on February 24, 2010 | No CommentsMilton and the Jacobean Church of England Doerksen, Daniel W. Early Modern Literary Studies 1.1 (April 1995) Abstract If you put a straight stick into water at an angle, it... -
Milton and Arianism Reconsidered
Posted on January 2, 2010 | No CommentsMilton and Arianism Reconsidered Lee, Byung-Eun Medieval and Early Modern English Studies, vol. 12 (2004) No. 1 Abstract Certain views of the Arian heresy pointed out in Paradise Lost and... -
For Knowledge Is As Food: Digesting Gluttony and Temperance in Paradise Lost
Posted on December 29, 2009 | No CommentsFor Knowledge Is As Food: Digesting Gluttony and Temperance in Paradise Lost Speller, Emily E. Early English Studies, vol. 2 (2008) Abstract In his Commonplace Book, the young John Milton...