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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Blaine Greteman (University of Iowa)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.510kg ISBN: 9781107038080ISBN 10: 1107038081 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 19 August 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Specialists will find rich rewards in the overall thesis about the role of childhood in the development of political voice. Advanced undergraduates will most appreciate Greteman's insightful readings of Milton's Mask and Paradise Lost. Greteman provides extensive endnotes with full bibliographical details. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Blaine Greteman, Choice 'Specialists will find rich rewards in the overall thesis about the role of childhood in the development of political voice. Advanced undergraduates will most appreciate Greteman's insightful readings of Milton's Mask and Paradise Lost. Greteman provides extensive endnotes with full bibliographical details. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Blaine Greteman, Choice 'This well-written study offers a radical rethinking of the conceptualization of childhood put forth by influential historians in the 1960s and '70s and in this context offers compelling new readings of literary texts ranging from Ben Jonson's Epicoene to Milton's Mask, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. ... [It] is impressive in its grasp of the complexities and the traditions of Milton scholarship. ... Combining fine close reading and textual exploration with a lively and imaginative use of archives that creates a meticulous historical contextualization, The Poetics and Politics of Youth in Milton's England has much to offer readers of Milton's verse and those concerned with the development of political theory during this volatile period. To read it is indeed a fine education.' Margaret J. M. Ezell, Milton Quarterly '... there is much to be gained from reading Greteman's book. Those interested in how childhood was once genuinely imbued with political significance will find it particularly insightful.' Merridee L. Bailey, Review of English Studies 'Students of early modern literature, intellectual history, political theory, and philosophy will discover much to savour.' Russell M. Hillier, Renaissance Quarterly 'Poetics and Politics of Youth in Milton's England ... has insight to offer for Miltonists, scholars of theatrical culture, and political historians of Early Modern England alike.' Edmund Christie White, Notes and Queries 'Specialists will find rich rewards in the overall thesis about the role of childhood in the development of political voice. Advanced undergraduates will most appreciate Greteman's insightful readings of Milton's Mask and Paradise Lost. Greteman provides extensive endnotes with full bibliographical details. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Blaine Greteman, Choice 'This well-written study offers a radical rethinking of the conceptualization of childhood put forth by influential historians in the 1960s and '70s and in this context offers compelling new readings of literary texts ranging from Ben Jonson's Epicoene to Milton's Mask, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. ... [It] is impressive in its grasp of the complexities and the traditions of Milton scholarship. ... Combining fine close reading and textual exploration with a lively and imaginative use of archives that creates a meticulous historical contextualization, The Poetics and Politics of Youth in Milton's England has much to offer readers of Milton's verse and those concerned with the development of political theory during this volatile period. To read it is indeed a fine education.' Margaret J. M. Ezell, Milton Quarterly '... there is much to be gained from reading Greteman's book. Those interested in how childhood was once genuinely imbued with political significance will find it particularly insightful.' Merridee L. Bailey, Review of English Studies Author InformationBlaine Greteman is an Assistant Professor of English at the University of Iowa. A Rhodes Scholar and a former contributor to Time magazine, he continues to write for both scholarly and popular publications, including Milton Quarterly, Renaissance Quarterly, ELH, Philological Quarterly, and The Review of English Studies. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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