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Milton's Complex Words: Essays on the Conceptual Structure of Paradise Lost
Author(s): Prof Paul Hammond (Author)
- Publisher: OUP Oxford
- Publication Date: 28 Sept. 2023
- Language: English
- Print length: 498 pages
- ISBN-10: 0198891911
- ISBN-13: 9780198891918
Book Description
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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Review
For Miltonists, it offers a stimulating journey back through Milton’s poem, with enough detail and elegant argument to be of interest. For students, it will be a good guide for understanding certain terms in Milton’s oeuvre, with helpful suggestions for further study provided in the footnotes to each short chapter … It may prove a welcome guide to those just entering, or even re-entering, the labyrinth of
Paradise Lost. ― Esther van Raamsdonk, Modern Language Review Milton’s Complex Words brilliantly demonstrates Hammond’s skills as a close reader, supremely attentive to how the varied definitions of his key words … contribute to the meanings of Paradise Lost. ― Peter C. Herman, Modern PhilologyAbout the Author
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