All in all
Subtitle: unity, diversity, and the Miltonic perspective
By: edited by Charles W. Durham and Kristin A. Pruitt.
Contributors: Durham, Charles W.; Pruitt, Kristin A., 1945-
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Selinsgrove [Pa.]; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Milton, John, 1608-1674.; Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Epic poetry, English -- History and criticism.; Whole and parts (Philosophy) in literature.; All (Philosophy) in literature.
Description: The sixteen essays in this collection reflect the individuality and diversity of varied ideas and approaches to Milton scholarship.

Readers will no doubt discern points of contiguity among the essays in this volume. For example, several essays investigate sources - literary, pictorial, architectural - and Milton's use of those sources in his poetry. Others view Milton from the perspective of his age and seventeenth-century contemporaries such as Michael Drayton and Aemelia Lanyer.

Still others use the twentieth-century methodologies of transformational grammar, deconstruction, and chaos theory to reread Milton's works and assess their prophetic potential. Overall, the essays demonstrate the continued scholarly commitment to a search for truths in and about Milton's works, a process that began in the seventeenth century and promises to continue unabated into the next millennium.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.