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Scholarly criticism of John Milton's writings has in recent decades been distinguished by a methodological prudence that separates it from other forms of literary scholarship. One critic, however, stands apart from his colleagues and has consistently offered a corrective to this prudence: Balachandra Rajan. In Milton and the Climates of Reading, Elizabeth Sauer undertakes the daunting work of bringing together a selection of Rajan's essays on Milton, some hitherto unpublished, in order to chart trends and changes in Milton scholarship over the last sixty years and to consider future directions in this vital field of inquiry.
This collection, which is framed by Sauer's insightful introduction and an eloquent afterword by Joseph Wittreich, demonstrates Rajan's critical range and his ability to adapt to 'new' ideas, always reformulating them in his own characteristic and individual manner. Milton and the Climates of Reading offers timely statements about the ways in which Milton's writings not only addressed their own time, but also speak profoundly and powerfully to ours.
Contents
Preface
Note on Editions
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Art of Criticism by Elizabeth Sauer
Osiris and Urania
The Poetics of Heresy
Surprised by a Strange Language: Defamiliarizing Paradise Lost
Milton Encompassed
Banyan Trees and Fig Leaves: Some Thoughts on Milton's India
The Imperial Temptation
The Two Creations: Paradise Lost and the Treatise on Christian Doctrine
Milton and Camões: Reinventing the Old Man
Warfaring and Wayfaring: Milton and the Globalization of Tolerance
Afterword: His More Attentive Mind by Joseph A. Wittreich
Publications by Balachandra Rajan
Works Cited
Index
