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209 pages ; 23 cm This is a study of poet John Milton's reputation and importance during the Victorian era, while highlighting the difference between modern and Victorian modes of criticism. Modern critics are concerned with what Milton means, while Victorian critics focused on what Milton meant to their entire society. For Victorians' Milton remained a vital presence, his political ideas found new champions, and his poetry continued to provoke responses from all levels of society--positive to negative--but never indifferent Includes bibliographical references and index A power amongst powers -- Shakespeare and Milton -- The Miltonic sonnet -- The religious epic and the Miltonic sublime -- Milton the Puritan : pro and con -- Milton and Tennyson -- Milton the artist : the late Victorian view -- Notes

Author

James G Nelson

Publisher

Madison, University of Wisconsin Press

Published

1963

Language

EN