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- catalog abstract ""Milton's dramatic poem Samson Agonistes is rich with ambiguities and here Professor Shawcross proposes that they are intentional: the actual words, the dates of composition, the genre and the characters - particularly Samson and Dalila but also Manoa, Harapha, and the Chorus. Ambiguity also lies in Milton's presentation of political issues both philosophical and practical, his treatment of gender concepts, the constant questioning of the reader, and the poem's effect. Discussing all these elements, Shawcross follows with a detailed reading of the text which argues that it remains purposefully ambiguous, reflecting Milton's own recognition of the uncertainty of the content, and suggesting that Milton himself would question some of the 'solutions' that modern scholarship has offered in the last two decades."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12270091.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Milton's dramatic poem Samson Agonistes is rich with ambiguities and here Professor Shawcross proposes that they are intentional: the actual words, the dates of composition, the genre and the characters - particularly Samson and Dalila but also Manoa, Harapha, and the Chorus. Ambiguity also lies in Milton's presentation of political issues both philosophical and practical, his treatment of gender concepts, the constant questioning of the reader, and the poem's effect. Discussing all these elements, Shawcross follows with a detailed reading of the text which argues that it remains purposefully ambiguous, reflecting Milton's own recognition of the uncertainty of the content, and suggesting that Milton himself would question some of the 'solutions' that modern scholarship has offered in the last two decades."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-152) and index.".
- catalog description "The World of Samson Agonistes -- Uncertainty and the Text -- The Dramatic Work and its Reading -- Samson: God's Champion, a Type, or Individual? -- Dalila: Seductress or Wife? -- Politics in the Destabilized Text -- Biographical Intrusion -- The Uncertainties of Irony -- A Hermeneutics of the Text -- Samson Agonistes and Consistencies of Belief.".
- catalog extent "ix, 158 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "085991609X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; v. 6.".
- catalog isPartOf "Studies in Renaissance literature, 1465-6310 ; v. 6".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; Rochester, NY : D.S. Brewer,".
- catalog subject "822/.4 21".
- catalog subject "Milton, John, 1608-1674. Samson Agonistes.".
- catalog subject "PR3566 .S47 2001".
- catalog subject "Samson (Biblical judge) In literature.".
- catalog subject "Samson (Biblical judge) in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The World of Samson Agonistes -- Uncertainty and the Text -- The Dramatic Work and its Reading -- Samson: God's Champion, a Type, or Individual? -- Dalila: Seductress or Wife? -- Politics in the Destabilized Text -- Biographical Intrusion -- The Uncertainties of Irony -- A Hermeneutics of the Text -- Samson Agonistes and Consistencies of Belief.".
- catalog title "The uncertain world of Samson Agonistes / John T. Shawcross.".
- catalog type "text".