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Author:

Shullenberger, William.

Title:

Lady in the labyrinth : Milton's Comus as initiation / William Shullenberger.

Publisher:

Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

361 p. cm.

Subject:

Milton, John,--1608-1674.--Comus.
Milton, John,--1608-1674--Women.--Women.
Milton, John,--1608-1674--Religion.
Milton, John,--1608-1674--Ethics.
Virtue in literature.
Chastity in literature.
Christianity in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Feminism in literature.
Initiation rites in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Milton's portrait of a lady -- "Growing a girl": the masque of passage -- Singing master of the soul: the attendant spirit -- Tragedy in translation -- Double trouble: Comus and his bloodlines -- Girl power: the profession of virginity -- Milton's lady and Lady Milton: chastity, gender, and prophecy -- Girl, interrupted and the changing woman -- Homecoming queen.

ISBN:

0838641741 (alk. paper)
9780838641743 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)212410104

LCCN:

2008008450

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)