Milton and gender

"Milton's contempt for women has been accepted since Samuel Johnson's famous Life of the poet. Subsequent critics have long debated whether Milton's writings were anti- or pro-feminine, a problem further complicated by his advocacy of "divorce on demand" for men. Milton...

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Weitere Verfasser: Martin, Catherine Gimelli (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge u.a. Cambridge Univ. Press 2004
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:"Milton's contempt for women has been accepted since Samuel Johnson's famous Life of the poet. Subsequent critics have long debated whether Milton's writings were anti- or pro-feminine, a problem further complicated by his advocacy of "divorce on demand" for men. Milton and Gender re-evaluates these claims of Milton as anti-feminist, pointing out that he was not seen that way by contemporaries, but espoused startlingly modern ideas of marriage and the relations between the sexes."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:XIII, 277 S.
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ISBN:0521841305
0-521-84130-5