New Directions in Recent Milton Criticism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12880384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John West (0000-0001-9846-6068, University of Warwick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 693-705 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2009.00634.x |
| OpenAlex | W1968008287 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
This article considers the state of Milton criticism in 2008. It suggests that Milton criticism is emerging from a period when historicist criticism that investigated the politics of Milton's work was dominant and is now characterised by variety and change. The article considers how some historicist political criticism continues. It goes on to show how there is a new foregrounding of literary issues such as form and aesthetics and also how some Milton criticism is displaying an increasing interest in how Milton matters to the present. The article suggests that such changes could constitute a reaction against the historicist legacy but also argues that they build upon the insights of the past few decades by re‐examining the interactions of literature and politics
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Epistemology · Foregrounding · Historical criticism · Historicism · Literary criticism · Literary science · Literature · New Historicism · Political science · Politics · Sociological criticism · State (computer science · Variety (cybernetics · Law · Literature: history, themes, analysis · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |