{"product_id":"miltons-imperial-epic-paradise-lost-and-the-discourse-of-colonialism-hardback-9780801432118","title":"Milton's Imperial Epic; Paradise Lost and the Discourse of Colonialism (Hardback) 9780801432118","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMilton's Imperial Epic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eParadise Lost and the Discourse of Colonialism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJ. Martin Evans (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801432118\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 March 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Martin Evans provides everything we wanted to know about the discourses of colonialism to which Milton and his contemporary readers were exposed in the seventeenth century, and the ways—often ambiguous or paradoxical—in which they are employed in \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e.... The book is written with great economy,... its methodology is secure, its illustrative material fascinating, and its argument both clear and subtle, teasing out the paradoxes of Milton's treatment of attitudes towards the colonial enterprise. It is a major contribution towards a fuller understanding of the context and content of \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e - Ronald Bedford (AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten during the crucial first phase of English empire-building in the New World, \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost \u003c\/i\u003eregisters the radically divided attitudes toward the settlement of America that existed in seventeenth-century Protestant England. Evans looks at the relationship between Milton's epic and the pervasive colonial discourse of Milton's time. Evans bases his analysis on the literature of exploration and colonialism. The primary sources on which he draws range from sermons about the New World justifying colonization and exhorting virtue among colonists to promotional pamphlets designed to lure people and investment into the colonies. Evans's research allows him to create a richly textured picture of anxiety and optimism, guilt and moral certitude.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe central question is whether Milton supported England's colonization or covertly attempted to subvert it. In contrast to those who attribute to \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e a specific political agenda for the American colonies, Evans maintains that Milton reflects the complexity and ambivalence of attitudes held by English society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e against this background, Evans offers a new perspective on such fundamental issues as the narrator's shifting stance in the poem, the unique character of Milton's prelapsarian paradise, and the moral and intellectual status of Adam and Eve before and after the fall. From Satan's arrival in Hell to the expulsion from the garden of Eden, Milton's version of the Genesis myth resonates with the complex thematics of Renaissance colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52541558456600,"sku":"9780801432118","price":59.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/miltons-imperial-epic-paradise-lost-and-the-discourse-of-colonialism-hardback-9780801432118","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}