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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 9781442687943

Content: Although the poet John Milton was a politically active citizen and polemicist during the English Revolution, little has been written on Milton's concept of nationalism. The first book to examine major aspects of Milton's nationalism in its full complexity and diversity, Early Modern Nationalism and Milton's England features fifteen essays by leading international scholars who illuminate the significance of the nation as a powerful imaginative construct in his writings.Informed by a range of critical methods, the essays examine the diverse - sometimes conflicting - and strained expressions of nationhood and national identity in Milton's writings, to address the literary, ethnic, and civic dimensions of his nationalism. These essays enrich our understanding of the imaginative achievements, religious polemics, and political tensions of Milton's poetry and prose, as well as the impact of his writings in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.Early Modern Nationalism and Milton's England also illuminates the formation of early-modern nationalism, as well as the complexities of seventeenth-century English politics and religion.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction: Milton’s Nationalism: Challenges and Questions -- , PART ONE. The Majesty of a Free People -- , 1. Milton’s Nationalism and the English Revolution: Strains and Contradictions -- , 2. Milton and the Struggle for the Representation of the Nation: Reading Paradise Lost through Eikonoklastes -- , 3. Victory’s Crest: Milton, the English Nation, and Cromwell -- , PART TWO. Nationhood, the English Church, and Non-Conformity -- , 4. Israel and English Protestant Nationalism: ‘Fast Sermons’ during the English Revolution -- , 5. Look Homeward Angel: Guardian Angels and Nationhood in Seventeenth-Century England -- , 6. The Invisible Nation: Church, State, and Schism in Milton’s England -- , PART THREE. Ethnicity and International Relations -- , 7. Milton and the Limitations of Englishness -- , 8. The Anglo-Scoto-Dutch Triangle: Milton and Marvell to 1660 -- , 9. Disappointed Nationalism: Milton in the Context of Seventeenth-Century Debates about the Nation-State -- , 10. How Milton’s Nationalism Works: Globalization and the Possibilities of Positive Nationalism -- , PART FOUR. Milton’s Nationalism and Its Discontents: Gender, Luxury, Slavery -- , 11. That Fatal Boadicea: Depicting Women in Milton’s History Of Britain, 1670 -- , 12. Consuming Nations: Milton and Luxury -- , 13. Slavery, Resistance, and Nation in Milton and Locke -- , PART FIVE. The Nationalization of Milton -- , 14. Milton: Nation and Reception -- , Contributors -- , Index

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442687943

URL: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442687943

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Format: 1 online resource (483 p.)

ISBN: 1-4426-9100-X , 1-4426-8794-0

Content: Although the poet John Milton was a politically active citizen and polemicist during the English Revolution, little has been written on Milton's concept of nationalism. The first book to examine major aspects of Milton's nationalism in its full complexity and diversity, Early Modern Nationalism and Milton's England features fifteen essays by leading international scholars who illuminate the significance of the nation as a powerful imaginative construct in his writings.Informed by a range of critical methods, the essays examine the diverse - sometimes conflicting - and strained expressions of nationhood and national identity in Milton's writings, to address the literary, ethnic, and civic dimensions of his nationalism. These essays enrich our understanding of the imaginative achievements, religious polemics, and political tensions of Milton's poetry and prose, as well as the impact of his writings in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.Early Modern Nationalism and Milton's England also illuminates the formation of early-modern nationalism, as well as the complexities of seventeenth-century English politics and religion.

Note: Introduction. Milton's nationalism: challenges and questions / David Loewenstein and Paul Stevens -- The majesty of a free people. Milton's nationalism and the English Revolution: strains and contradictions / David Loewenstein ; Milton and the struggle for the representation of the nation: reading Paradise Lost through Eikonoklastes / Andrew Hadfield ; Victory's crest: Milton, the English nation, and Cromwell / Warren Chernaik -- Nationhood, the English church, and non-conformity. Israel and English Protestant nationalism: "fast sermons" during the English Revolution / Achsah Guibbory ; Look homeward angel: guardian angels and nationhood in seventeenth-century England / Joad Raymond -- The invisible nation: church, state, and Schism in Milton's England / Andrew Escobedo -- Ethnicity and international relations. Milton and the limitations of Englishness / Thomas N. Corns ; The Anglo-Scoto-Dutch triangle: Milton and Marvell to 1660 / John Kerrigan ; Disappointed nationalism: Milton in the context of seventeenth-century debates about the nation-state / Victoria Kahn ; How Milton's nationalism works: globalization and the posibilities of positive nationalism / Paul Stevens -- Milton's nationalism and its discontents: gender, luxury, slavery. The fatal Boadicea: depicting women in Milton's History of Britain, 1670 / Willy Maley ; Consuming nations: Milton and luxury / Laura Lunger Knoppers ; Slavery, resistance, and nation in Milton and Locke / Mary Nyquist -- The nationalization of Milton. Milton: nation and reception / Nicholas von Maltzahn. , Issued also in print. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-8020-8935-6

Language: English

DOI: 10.3138/9781442687943