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- catalog abstract ""A crisis over the function and identity of the Muse occurred in seventeenth-century religious poetry. How could Christian writers use a pagan device? Using rhetorical analysis, Phillips examines epic invocations in order to show how this crisis was eventually reconciled in the works of John Milton. While predecessors such as Abraham Cowley and Guillaume du Bartas either rejected the pagan Muses outright or attempted to Christianize them, Milton invoked the inspirational power of the Muses throughout his poetic career. In Paradise Lost, Milton confronts the tension between his Muse's "name" and "meaning." While never fully rejecting the Muse's pagan past, Milton's four proems (PL I, III, VII, and IX) increasingly emphasize the Muse's Christian "meaning" over her pagan "name." Ultimately, Milton's syncretic blending of pagan and Christian conventions restores vitality and resonance to the literary trope of the Muse."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11706045.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""A crisis over the function and identity of the Muse occurred in seventeenth-century religious poetry. How could Christian writers use a pagan device? Using rhetorical analysis, Phillips examines epic invocations in order to show how this crisis was eventually reconciled in the works of John Milton.".
- catalog description "I. Rejecting the Pagan Gods: Abraham Cowley and the Christian Muse. From "Muse's Hannibal" to Poet Militant. "In These Untrodden Paths to Sacred Fame": Cowley and Biblical Epic. From Christian to Martial Muse: Cowley's A Poem on the Late Civil War -- II. Milton's Early Invocations: From the Psalms to Comus. Preparations for an Epic Career. Milton's Poetic Nativity: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso: Dueling Muses. Comus, or A Mask: Defining National Virtues -- III. "But Now My Oat Proceeds": Pastoral Legacy and Epic Beginnings in Lycidas and Epitaphium Damonis -- IV. From Clio to Urania: Milton's Epic Invocations in The History of Britain and Paradise Lost. Historical Epic Rejected. Milton's "Heavn'ly Muse": Epic Invocations in Paradise Lost.".
- catalog description "In Paradise Lost, Milton confronts the tension between his Muse's "name" and "meaning." While never fully rejecting the Muse's pagan past, Milton's four proems (PL I, III, VII, and IX) increasingly emphasize the Muse's Christian "meaning" over her pagan "name." Ultimately, Milton's syncretic blending of pagan and Christian conventions restores vitality and resonance to the literary trope of the Muse."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [145]-155) and index.".
- catalog description "While predecessors such as Abraham Cowley and Guillaume du Bartas either rejected the pagan Muses outright or attempted to Christianize them, Milton invoked the inspirational power of the Muses throughout his poetic career.".
- catalog extent "xii, 159 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "John Milton's epic invocations.".
- catalog identifier "0820441198".
- catalog isFormatOf "John Milton's epic invocations.".
- catalog isPartOf "Renaissance and Baroque studies and texts ; vol. 26".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Peter Lang,".
- catalog relation "John Milton's epic invocations.".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog subject "821/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Christian poetry, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and literature England History 17th century.".
- catalog subject "English poetry Classical influences.".
- catalog subject "Epic poetry, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Invocation in literature.".
- catalog subject "Milton, John, 1608-1674 Religion.".
- catalog subject "Muses (Greek deities) in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR3592.R4 P47 2000".
- catalog subject "Paganism in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "I. Rejecting the Pagan Gods: Abraham Cowley and the Christian Muse. From "Muse's Hannibal" to Poet Militant. "In These Untrodden Paths to Sacred Fame": Cowley and Biblical Epic. From Christian to Martial Muse: Cowley's A Poem on the Late Civil War -- II. Milton's Early Invocations: From the Psalms to Comus. Preparations for an Epic Career. Milton's Poetic Nativity: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity. L'Allegro and Il Penseroso: Dueling Muses. Comus, or A Mask: Defining National Virtues -- III. "But Now My Oat Proceeds": Pastoral Legacy and Epic Beginnings in Lycidas and Epitaphium Damonis -- IV. From Clio to Urania: Milton's Epic Invocations in The History of Britain and Paradise Lost. Historical Epic Rejected. Milton's "Heavn'ly Muse": Epic Invocations in Paradise Lost.".
- catalog title "John Milton's epic invocations : converting the muse / Philip Edward Phillips.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".