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Raising Milton's Ghost : John Milton and the Sublime of Terror in the Early Romantic Period by Joseph Crawford (2011, Hardcover)

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PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101849663327

ISBN-139781849663328

eBay Product ID (ePID)99596462

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Book TitleRaising Milton's Ghost : John Milton and the Sublime of Terror in the Early Romantic Period

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicSocial, General, Poetry, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

Publication Year2011

GenreLiterary Criticism, Philosophy

AuthorJoseph Crawford

Book SeriesThe Wish List Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Crawford does a wonderful job of outlining what he calls the Milton cult of the 1790s ... This is a book that all Miltonists will love, but so will anyone interested in literary reputation and how ghostly it can become." - Studies in English Literature 1500-1900

Dewey Decimal821.4

Table Of ContentThe Haunting; Introduction; Milton's Legacy; Milton's Ghost; Milton and the Sublime of Terror; Milton's Heirs; 'Urania I shall need thy Guidance': The Case of William Wordsworth; 'I Beheld Milton With Astonishment': The Case of William Blake; Epilogue: Milton and the Literature of Power

SynopsisWhy was Milton so important to the Romantics? How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'? The late eighteenth century saw a sudden and to date almost undocumented craze for all things Miltonic, the symptoms of which included the violation of his grave and the sale of his hair and bones as relics, the republication of all his works including his political tracts in unprecedented numbers, the appearance of the poet in the works, letters, dreams and visions of all the major British Romantic poets and even frequent reports of hauntings by his ghost. Drawing on the traditions of cultural, intellectual and bibliographic history as well as recent trends in literary scholarship on the romantic period, Joseph Crawford explores the dramatic shift in Milton's cultural status after 1790. He builds on a now significant literature on Milton's legacy to the Romantic poets, uncovering the cultural historical background against which the Romantics and their contemporaries encountered and interacted with Milton's reputation and works., Why was Milton so important to the Romantics? How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'? The late eighteenth century saw a sudden and, to-date, almost undocumented craze for all things Miltonic, the symptoms of which included the violation of his grave and the sale of his hair and bones as relics, the republication of all his works including his political tracts in unprecedented numbers, the appearance of the poet in the works, letters, dreams and visions of all the major British Romantic poets and even frequent reports of hauntings by his ghost. Drawing on the traditions of cultural, intellectual and bibliographic history as well as recent trends in literary scholarship on the romantic period, Joseph Crawford explores the dramatic shift in Milton's cultural status after 1790. He builds on a now significant literature on Milton's legacy to the Romantic poets, uncovering the cultural historical background against which the Romantics and their contemporaries encountered and interacted with Milton's reputation and works., How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'? This book uncovers the cultural historical background against which the Romantics and their contemporaries encountered and interacted with Milton's reputation and works., Why was Milton so important to the Romantics? How did 'Milton the Regicide', a man often regarded in his lifetime as a dangerous traitor and heretic, become 'the Sublime Milton'? The late eighteenth century saw a sudden and to date almost undocumented craze for all things Miltonic, the symptoms of which included the violation of his grave and the sale of his hair and bones as relics; the republication of all his works including his political tracts in unprecedented numbers; the appearance of the poet in the works, letters, dreams and visions of all the major British Romantic poets and even frequent reports of hauntings by his ghost...Drawing on the traditions of cultural, intellectual and bibliographic history as well as recent trends in literary scholarlship on the romantic period, Joseph Crawford explores the dramatic shift in Milton's cultural status after 1790. He builds on a now sigificant literature on Milton's legacy to the Romantic poets, uncovering the cultural historical background against which the Romantics and their contemporaries encountered and interacted with Milton's reputation and works.

LC Classification NumberPR3581