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Book SynopsisThis edited volume explores the combination of cultural phenomena that have established and canonized the work of John Milton in a global context, from interlingual translations to representations of Milton's work in verbal media, painting, stained glass, dance, opera, and symphony.
Table of ContentsPart I: Intersemiotic Approaches 1: Angelica Duran and Islam Issa: Introduction: 'The Meaning not the Name' 2: Michael Ullyot: Motives, Methods, and Milton: Presentism Reconciled to Historicism 3: Peter C. Herman: Milton in the Age of Twitter: Carey's The Essential 'Paradise Lost' 4: David Currell: Milton for Students: Towards a Teaching and Learning Archive Part II: Interlingual Borders 5: Katie Mennis: Latinizing Milton in the English West Indies 6: Geart van der Meer: Milton's Paradise Lost in Frisian Translations 7: Turið Sigurðardóttir: On the Faroese Reworking of Paradise Lost 8: Mustafa Kirca, Hasan Baktir, and Murat Öğütcü, with Islam Issa and Angelica Duran: Milton Lost and Regained in Turkey Part III: Verbal Borders 9: Amrita Dhar: Madhusudan's Miltonic Epic, the Meghnādbadh kābya 10: Stephen K. Kim: Encountering Milton in Linmark's Leche 11: Mario Murgia: Paradise Lost for Hispanoamerica's Youth Part IV: Visual Media 12: Jan F. van Dijkhuizen and Lucy McGourty: Narrative Structure, Intervisuality, and Theology in Auladell's El Paraíso perdido 13: Amina Gabrielova: Miltonic Motifs in Russian Poetry and Art 14: Wendy Furman-Adams: Illuminating Milton's Gendered Instant of Creation 15: Camille Adnot: From Milton's Paradise Lost to Blake's Milton 16: Beverley Sherry: Paradise Lost in Stained Glass 17: Richard Kenton Webb, Islam Issa, and Angelica Duran: The Synergies of Drawing and Painting Paradise Lost Part V: Auditory Media 18: Seth Herbst: The Milton and Music Problem 19: Stephen M. Buhler: Quoting Milton in Musical Appropriations 20: Jonathan R. Olson: Miltonic Tempters in Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street 21: Angelica Duran: Seeing, Hearing, and Feeling Milton's Works with and as Prosthetic Sign Systems 22: John Hale: Milton Marathons Hugh Adlington: Epilogue
