Milton's Complex Words

Essays on the Conceptual Structure of Paradise Lost

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvPaul Hammond,University of Leeds) Hammond, Prof Paul (Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature, Professor of Seventeenth-Century English Literature,Paul, Hammond

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Every major poet or philosopher develops their own distinctive semantic field around those terms which matter most to them, or which contribute most profoundly to the imagined world of a particular work. This book explores the specific meanings which Milton develops around key words in Paradise Lost. Some of these are theological or philosophical terms (e.g. 'evil', 'grace', 'reason'); others are words which shape the imagined world of the poem (e.g. 'dark', 'fall', 'within'); yet others are small words or even prefixes which subtly move the argument in new directions (e.g. 'if', 'not', 're-'). Milton seems to expect his readers to be alert to the special semantic field which he creates around such words, often by infusing them with biblical and literary connotations, and activating their etymological roots; alert also to the patterns created by the repetitions of such words, and particularly to their diverse use (and often their blatant misuse) by different characters. To understand the migrations and malleability of key words is part of the education of Milton's reader.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-11-30
Mått164 x 238 x 33 mm
Vikt912 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor498
FörlagOUP OXFORD
ISBN9780198810117

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Milton's Complex Words prompts us to ask how detailed excavation of the linguistic riches of Paradise Lost can change our understanding of Milton's view of language ... Hammond leaves us to extrapolate our own conclusions from his elucidation of Paradise Lost as a beautifully intricate web of meaning suspended between multiple and varying usages of repeated terms, which bring with them into each individual occurrence the echoes of their other lives.

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