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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154873003321

Autore

Martin Catherine Gimelli

Titolo

Milton's Italy : Anglo-Italian literature, travel, and religion in seventeenth-century England / / Catherine G. Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-315-61755-2

1-317-20830-7

1-317-20829-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture ; ; 33

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

British - Italy - History - 17th century

English poetry - Italian influences

Literature and society - England - History - 17th century

Literature and society - Italy - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The canonical Milton and the myth of Italy : problems of paradigm, fact, and interpretation -- 2. Beyond the Alps : Milton's journey and its Anglo-Italian context -- 3. Defining anti-Popery, qualifying Milton's anti-Catholicism : proto-Protestant reformers, Trent, and beyond -- 4. Amazing Grace : Milton's mediation of reformed and Roman Catholic doctrine -- 5. The republic of letters and the furors of inspiration : neoplatonism and Milton's early Latin and English verse -- 6. Beauty's powerful glance : the legacy of Beatrice and Laura -- 7. The Italian context of Milton's neo-Roman politics -- 8. Milton's Italianate epic : from Dante to the Romance poets in Paradise lost -- 9. The tragic music of Samson agonistes in the age of Monteverdi.