Lady in the labyrinth
Subtitle: Milton's Comus as initiation
By: William Shullenberger.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9780838641743
Subjects: Milton, John, -- 1608-1674; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Characters -- Women; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Reliogion; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Ethics; Virtue in literature; Chastity in literature; Christianity in literature; Ethics in literature; Feminism in literature; Initiation rites in literature
Description: "There has not been a major book-length study of Milton's Maske in the past twenty years, so Lady in the Labyrinth fills a major gap in Milton and Renaissance criticism. It comprehensively surveys, evaluates, and integrates recent and traditional criticism of Comus in the context of Milton's other work, while developing new directions for study, focusing anthropological and psychological analysis on the poem's characters and mythological dimensions. Parallels between the ritual elements of the Maske and the rites of passage of non-European cultures will widen the horizons of both canonically based and multiculturally engaged scholars and writers.

The book's study of Milton's identification with his female hero, and his advocacy of women's ethical, sexual, and political autonomy, gives a jolt to ongoing debates about Milton and feminism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.