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Evans looks at the relationship between Milton's epic and the pervasive colonial discourse of Milton's time.



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John Martin Evans provides everything we wanted to know about the discourses of colonialism to which Milton and his contemporary readers were exposed in the seventeenth century, and the ways—often ambiguous or paradoxical—in which they are employed in Paradise Lost.... The book is written with great economy,... its methodology is secure, its illustrative material fascinating, and its argument both clear and subtle, teasing out the paradoxes of Milton's treatment of attitudes towards the colonial enterprise. It is a major contribution towards a fuller understanding of the context and content of Paradise Lost.

-- Ronald Bedford * AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association *

Miltons Imperial Epic Paradise Lost and the Discourse of Colonialism

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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Evans looks at the relationship between Milton's epic and the pervasive colonial discourse of Milton's time.



      Trade Review

      John Martin Evans provides everything we wanted to know about the discourses of colonialism to which Milton and his contemporary readers were exposed in the seventeenth century, and the ways—often ambiguous or paradoxical—in which they are employed in Paradise Lost.... The book is written with great economy,... its methodology is secure, its illustrative material fascinating, and its argument both clear and subtle, teasing out the paradoxes of Milton's treatment of attitudes towards the colonial enterprise. It is a major contribution towards a fuller understanding of the context and content of Paradise Lost.

      -- Ronald Bedford * AUMLA: Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association *

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