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1 online resource (viii, 163 pages) : illustration |
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Intro; Table of Contents; Abstract; Chapter One; 1.1 The Prospect of Various Choices; 1.2. The Famous Orpheus, the Survival of the Myth, and Orphism; 1.3. The Choice of Peircean Semiotics over French Semiology; Chapter Two; 2.1. The Semiotics of Peirce; 2.2. Why Peirce's Semiotics is both Acclaimed and Deprecated; 2.3. Johansen's Semiotic Pyramid; Chapter Three; 3.1. Milton's Life and Time -- A Brief History; 3.2. Milton's Education and Poetics; 3.3. Milton's Religious and Philosophical Opinions and of his Music and of his Music |
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3.4 An Overview of Three Centuries of Milton Criticism and of his MusicChapter Four; 4.1 Medieval and Early Modern Views on the Myth of Orpheus; 4.2 The Pastoral Mythopoiesis and the Christ-Orpheus Symbolic Association; Chapter Five; 5.1 Orpheus in Milton's Early Writings; 5.2 ""L'Allegro, "" ""Il Penseroso, "" and ""Lycidas; 5.3. Milton's Longer Poems; Chapter Six; 6.1. The Twin Poems; 6.2. ""Lycidas"" and its Criticism; Chapter Seven; 7.1. The Interpretant in Literary Semiotics; 7.2. ""Lycidas""-The Myth of Orpheus as Interpretant; 7.3. Melancholy Orpheus -- The Interpretant of ""Il Penseroso |
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7.4. Slumberous Orpheus -- The Interpretant of ""L'AllegroChapter Eight; Works Cited |
| Summary |
"In this study of John Milton's "L'Allegro", "Il Penseroso", and "Lycidas", the perspective of an interpreting sign serves as the basis for analysis of the poems' allusions to the Orpheus myth. The idea of an interpretant proposed by Charles Sanders Peirce and the semiotic relations theorized by Jorgen Dines Johansen work as a lens that enables the reader to see the extent to which Milton recreated the Orpheus myth and used its recreating powers in his poems. Since the three poems have different and opposing voices, the Orpheus myth is the trigger behind the change of voices, as well as the modeling frame that underlies the transitions from an innocent to an enlightened viewpoint. Furthermore, readers in general and critics of all persuasions will have the chance to appreciate the presence of the Orpheus myth in Milton's work as the fragmented configuration of consciousness in the process of defining two orders of existence: the human and the divine."-- Back cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-163) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) -- In literature -- 17th century
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Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. Allegro.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. Penseroso.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. Lycidas.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast |
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Orpheus (Greek mythological character) fast |
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Peirce, Charles S. (Charles Sanders), 1839-1914 fast |
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Allegro (Milton, John) fast |
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Lycidas (Milton, John) fast |
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Penseroso (Milton, John) fast |
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Semiotics and literature.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
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Literary studies: poetry & poets.
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Literary theory.
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Literature
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Semiotics and literature
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527512986 |
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1527512983 |
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