LEADER 04083nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910779537203321 005 20230126203234.0 010 $a0-8014-6808-6 010 $a0-8014-6809-4 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801468094 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039627 035 $a(OCoLC)841521544 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10685104 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860183 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11440996 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860183 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10896516 035 $a(PQKB)11733559 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001504897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138460 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse28943 035 $a(DE-B1597)478563 035 $a(OCoLC)979954146 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801468094 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138460 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10685104 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681735 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039627 100 $a20120810d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aDominion undeserved$b[electronic resource] $eMilton and the perils of creation /$fEric B. Song 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (230 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50453-9 311 $a0-8014-5185-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. The Strange Fire of the Tartars -- $t2. Eden, the Country House, and the Indies (East and West) -- $t3. Paradise Lost and the Question of Ireland -- $t4. Gemelle Liber: Milton's 1671 Archive -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThat 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. 606 $aHomeland in literature 606 $aImperialism in literature 606 $aCreation in literature 615 0$aHomeland in literature. 615 0$aImperialism in literature. 615 0$aCreation in literature. 676 $a821/.4 700 $aSong$b Eric B.$f1979-$01461959 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779537203321 996 $aDominion undeserved$93670804 997 $aUNINA