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Shawcross John T. |
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John Milton : the self and the world / / John T. Shawcross |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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ISBN |
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0-8131-5791-9 |
0-8131-7014-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (370 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in the English Renaissance |
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Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Psychology |
Psychoanalysis and literature - England |
Poetry - Psychological aspects |
Self in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Roots of Being: Some Problems in Milton's Biography; 2. A Biographical and Literary Overview to 1645; 3. The Lady of Christ's; 4. Decision to Become a Poet; 5. Preparations; 6. The Left Hand and the Great Purpose; 7. Education as Means; 8. Covenant: Sacred and Profaned; 9. Moves toward the Great Purpose; 10. A Biographical and Literary Overview to 1674; 11. Interferences of the Self; 12. The Personal World: Man and Woman; 13. Further Interferences of the Self; 14. The Political Dimension; 15. The Religious Precept; 16. The Bible |
17. Milton and 1674Appendix A: The Commonplace Book; Appendix B: Languages in the Commonplace Book; Appendix C: Dating of the Plans; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The facts of John Milton's life are well documented, but what of the person Milton -- the man whose poetic and prose works have been deeply influential and are still the subject of opposing readings? John Shawcross's ""different"" biography depicts the man against a psychological backdrop that brings into relief who he was -- in his works and from his works.While the theories of Freud, Lacan, Kohut, and others underlie this pursuit of Milton's ""self,"" Jung and some of |
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