Cope The Metaphoric Structure of Paradise Lost

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3474-2
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Originally published in 1962. The rise of "metaphoric" criticism is a reaction against a previous critical preoccupation with psychology and time. Milton spatialized time, thoroughly mastering a metaphoric technique. The Metaphoric Structure of Paradise Lost, after discussing the influences that shaped Milton's aesthetic, systematically examines the structural components of Paradise Lost—light, darkness, and vertical movement—and finds that they imitate, metaphorically, the overall theme of the epic. To test further the implications of his hypothesis, Professor Cope turns to two unsettled points in Miltonic exegesis: Milton's muse and the dialogue in Heaven.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cope, Jackson I.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Poets and Critics: The Metaphoric School
Chapter 2. Ramistic Implications
Chapter 3. Time and Space as Miltonic Symbol
Chapter 4. Scenic Structure in Paradise Lost
Chapter 5. The Creating Voice
Epilogue
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Cope, Jackson I.
Jackson Cope is the author of Joseph Glanvill, Anglican Apologist (1956), editor of Joseph Glanvill's "Plus Ultra" (1958), and coeditor of Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1958). He was a professor of English at Johns Hopkins University and Leo S. Bing Professor of English, emeritus, at the University of Southern California.