Milton's Modernities

“The volume as a whole marks a turn away from the historicism that has dominated Milton studies for the past three decades.” —Modern Philology

"What is exciting about the recent wave of Milton scholarship—and I include Milton’s Modernities in that category—is that it builds on foundational new critical and historicist work to rethink the boundaries of Milton studies more generally. This timely and innovative volume will appeal not only to dyed-in-the-wool Miltonists, but also to scholars who may not think of themselves as Miltonists at all."—Melissa E. Sanchez, author of Erotic Subjects: The Sexuality of Politics in Early Modern English Literature

 

“The premise for this volume is significant, timely, and salient. The editors have declared the modernity of John Milton, a major, if not the major, poet in the English literary canon. The essays they have gathered demonstrate how reading Milton’s works and studying key thinkers’ interpretations of Milton can open new possibilities for both Milton Studies and studies of modernity. Thus, the volume successfully achieves its goals of reinvigorating Milton Studies and supplying alternative lenses for conceptualizing modernity.”
—Elizabeth Sauer, author of Milton, Toleration, and Nationhood and coeditor of Milton and the Imperial Vision 

 

"Comprising papers by such established Miltonists as Gordon Teskey and Lee Morissey, and also by a number of scholars at the beginning of their careers, the book provides a rich mélange of perspectives and readings. All the essays are cogent and learned... At their best, they suggest new ways of reading England’s greatest poet while reflecting suggestively on a modernism whose legacy persists into the present moment. Recommended." —CHOICE