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03461aam a2200385 a 4500 001 20DFB0B8FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130806010419 008 120810s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2012032786 020 $a 080145185X (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780801451850 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)806291886 040 $a NIC/DLC $b eng $c YUS $d COO $d DLC $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d UKMGB $d CDX $d BWX $d IUL $d NLGGC $d STF $d MUU $d CHVBK $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR3592.H552 $b S66 2013 082 00 $a 821/.4 $2 23 100 1 $a Song, Eric B., $d 1979- 245 10 $a Dominion undeserved : $b Milton and the perils of creation / $c Eric B. Song. 260 $a Ithaca [N.Y.] : $b Cornell University Press, $c 2013. 300 $a ix, 215 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "That the writings of John Milton continue to provoke study and analysis centuries after his lifetime speaks no doubt to his literary greatness but also to the many ways in which his art both engaged and transcended the political and theological tensions of his age. In Dominion Undeserved, Eric B. Song offers a brilliant reading of Milton's major writings, finding in them a fundamental impasse that explains their creative power. According to Song, a divided view of creation governs Milton's related systems of cosmology, theology, art, and history. For Milton, any coherent entity--a nation, a poem, or even the new world--must be carved out of and guarded against an original unruliness. Despite being sanctioned by God, however, this agonistic mode of creation proves ineffective because it continues to manifest internal rifts that it can never fully overcome. This dilemma is especially pronounced in Milton's later writings, including Paradise Lost, where all forms of creativity must strive against the fact that chaos precedes order and that disruptive forces will continue to reemerge, seemingly without end. Song explores the many ways in which Milton transforms an intractable problem into the grounds for incisive commentary and politically charged artistry. This argument brings into focus topics ranging from Milton's recurring allusions to the Eastern Tartars, the way Milton engages with country house poetry and colonialist discourses in Paradise Lost, and the lasting relevance of Anglo-Irish affairs for his late writings. Song concludes with a new reading of Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes in which he shows how Milton's integration of conflicting elements forms the heart of his literary archive and confers urgency upon his message even as it reaches its future readers."--Publisher's website. 505 0 $a The strange fire of the Tartars -- Wretched matter : Milton and rhyme -- Eden, the country house, and the Indies (East and West) -- Paradise lost and the question of Ireland -- Gemelle liber : Milton's 1671 archive. 600 10 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674 $x Political and social views. 650 0 $a Homeland in literature. 650 0 $a Imperialism in literature. 650 0 $a Creation in literature. 600 14 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674. 600 17 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674. $2 gnd 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017024833.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826072538.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=20DFB0B8FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search