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Milton and the Transformation of Ancient Epic

by Charles Martindale
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781853996504
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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  • Pages: 256
  • Original Price: GBP 29.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 327 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, and Ancient & Classical

Milton has long been recognised as being among English poets most indebted to ancient literature, but the range and depth of that debt have rarely been explored. Here Martindale examines the use Milton made of other ancient poets, notably Homer, Ovid and Lucan, and finds some surprising elements in the style of "Paradise Lost" - Horace for example. He is primarily concerned with Milton's attitude to the classics and the questions that raises as to his methods. Renaissance views of classical poets and eighteenth-century commentaries on Milton are brought to bear on these questions. Finally the limits of Milton's classicism and the differences between "Paradise Lost" and its predecessors are considered.

Martindale, Charles: - Charles Martindale is Emeritus Professor of Latin in the University of Bristol, UK. His books include Redeeming the Text (2008) and Latin Literature and the Judgement of Taste (2004) and he is, with David Hopkins, general editor of the five-volume Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature (2012-).

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