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Subject(s)

• Milton, John 1608-1674—Knowledge—Italy [Browse]
• Milton, John 1608-1674—Travel—Italy [Browse]
• British—Italy—History—17th century [Browse]
• English poetry—Italian influences [Browse]
• Literature and society—England—History—17th century [Browse]
• Literature and society—Italy—History—17th century [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 33. [More in this series]
• Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 33 [More in this series]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.

Contents

• Introduction: Ad Fontes: Milton's Italian "originals" and dreams of continental fame
• The canonical Milton and the myth of Italy: problems of paradigm, fact, and interpretation
• Beyond the Alps: Milton's journey and it's Anglo-Italian context
• Defining anti-popery, qualifying Milton's anti-Catholicism: proto-Protestant reformers, Trent, and beyond
• Amazing grace: Milton's mediation of reformed and Roman Catholic doctrine
• The republic of letters and the furors of inspiration: neoplatonism in Milton's early Latin and English verse
• Beauty's powerful glance: the legacy of Beatrice and Laura
• The Italian context of Milton's neo-Roman politics
• Milton's Italianate epic: from Dante to romance poets in Paradise lost
• The tragic music of Samson Agonistes in the age of Monteverdi.

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ISBN

• 9781138670617 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
• 1138670618 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))

LCCN

2016032768

OCLC

963439175

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