Milton's Warring Angels: A Study of Critical Engagements (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521581042)

The centrality of Milton to the study of English literature obscures the intense debates that rage about his true allegiances. Was he a Christian Republican or a committed individualist, a radical, heretical free thinker, or a traditional absolutist? In Milton's Warring Angels, William Kolbrener provides a critical account of the reception and interpretation of Milton's texts. He claims that Milton resists paradigms of modernity drawn from the Enlightenment. His writing instead mediates between apparently contradictory positions. This ability to resist tendentious appropriations and reductive readings helps explain the continuing critical fascination with this most enigmatic of writers.

Author: William Kolbrener
ISBN-10: 0521581044
ISBN-13: 9780521581042
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/28/1997
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d