ABSTRACT
This volume of essays reconfigures the reception history of Milton and his works by bringing to the fore women reading, writing, and rewriting Milton, bringing together in conversation a range of voices from diverse historical, cultural, religious, and social contexts across the globe and through the centuries. The book encompasses a rich range of different literary genres, artistic media, and academic disciplines and draws on the research of established Milton scholars and new Miltonists. Like the female authors and artists whom they explore, the contributors take up a variety of standpoints. As well as revisiting the work of established figures, the volume brings new female creative artists, new subjects, and new approaches to the study of Milton.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|56 pages
Early Responses by English Women Writers
chapter 3|22 pages
‘Two Great Sexes Animate the World’
part II|97 pages
Global Perspectives: Biographies, Translations, Novels, and the Internet
chapter 4|18 pages
The Return of William Wells Brown
part |47 pages
II.2 Contemporary Responses
part III|111 pages
Milton through the Female Gaze
chapter 10|11 pages
Beyond Milton’s Daughters
chapter 12|13 pages
The ‘Paradise Within’
part |69 pages
III.2 Milton Visualized: Digital Media, Art, and Performance