Milton Reinvented: Cultural Reception in 19th-Century America and 'Our Day'

by David Boocker

This book focuses on the cultural reception of Milton and his works in nineteenth-century America. Using reception theory, the work analyzes the contributions of Milton and his writings to demonstrate how major social movements appropriated him in ways that "reinvent" him, making him what Margaret Fuller called "emphatically American." The book centers on Milton's influence on the movements focused on the development of American Christianity, abolition,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031739582
• ISBN13: 9783031739583
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 156 Pages