Theatrical Milton: Politics and Poetics of the Staged Body

by Brendan Prawdzik

Book Overview

Explains the presence of theatre in John Milton and its centrality to his politics and poetry
Theatrical Milton brings coherence to the presence of theatre in John Milton through the concept of theatricality. In this book, 'theatricality' identifies a discursive field entailing the rhetorical strategies and effects of framing a given human action, including speech and writing, as an act of theatre. Political and theological cultures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474441289
• ISBN13: 9781474441285
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"