Milton and the imperial vision
By: edited by Balachandra Rajan and Elizabeth Sauer.
Contributors: Rajan, Balachandra.; Sauer, Elizabeth, 1964-
Series: Medieval & renaissance literary studies; Medieval and renaissance literary studies.
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Political and social views.; Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Knowledge -- Foreign countries.; Imperialism in literature.; Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Imperialism -- History -- 17th century.; Colonies in literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Balachandra Rajan and Elizabeth Sauer; title: Dominion as domesticity: Milton's imperial god and the experience of history / Janel Mueller; title: The "lordly eye": Milton and the strategic geography of empire / Bruce McLeod; title: Imperial dialect: Milton and conquered peoples / Sharon Achinstein; title: Milton and the new world: custom, relativism, and the discipline of shame / Paul Stevens; title: Ecology and empire / Diane McColley; title: Cromwell, Milton, and the Western design / Robert Thomas Fallon; title: Milton and "the complication of interests" in early modern Ireland / Willy Maley; title: Colonials write the nation: Spenser, Milton, and England on the margins / Linda Gregerson; title: "The destin'd walls /Of Cambalu": Milton, China, and the ambiguities of the East / Robert Markley; title: Religious toleration and imperial intolerance / Elizabeth Sauer; title: Acts of kind service: Milton and the patriot literature of empire / Nicholas von Maltzahn; title: "Greek & Latin slaves of the sword": rejecting the imperial nation in Blake's Milton / Julia M. Wright; title: Milton and education / Gauri Viswanathan; title: The imperial temptation / Balachandra Rajan; title: Afterword : an ironic act of courage / Homi K. Bhabha.