{"product_id":"reinterpretations","title":"Reinterpretations","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1971, \u003ci\u003eReinterpretations\u003c\/i\u003e focusses upon a group of closely related major poems—\u003ci\u003eL’Allegro\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIl Penseroso\u003c\/i\u003e, Milton’s companion pieces, and \u003ci\u003eLycidas\u003c\/i\u003e, Pope’s \u003ci\u003eRape of the Lock\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEpistle to Dr Arbuthnot\u003c\/i\u003e, and Johnson’s \u003ci\u003eLondon\u003c\/i\u003e. The critical and interpretive light which Professor Hardy brings to bear on these works constitutes a considerable reinterpretation which informs our understanding of seventeenth and eighteenth century English poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the individual essays, Professor Hardy suggests that the real theme of Milton’s companion poems has gone unrecognized, and that not only has \u003ci\u003eLycidas\u003c\/i\u003e a clear structural unity, but the final, effective statement of its theme depends on a realization of how this unity is achieved. He argues that current interpretations of Pope’s beautiful heroine are generally too limiting, especially in ignoring the wit of the \u003ci\u003eRape\u003c\/i\u003e’s overall conception, and that the \u003ci\u003eEpistle to Dr Arbuthnot\u003c\/i\u003e, far from being a mere collection of brilliant passages, has a structure skilfully articulated in terms of its individual theme. Finally, he demonstrates that Johnson’s reworking of Juvenal’s famous third satire has, as its central structural metaphor implies, an original and essentially political theme. This book will be a beneficial read for students and researchers of English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54846588485976,"sku":"9781041116400","price":102.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781041116400.jpg?v=1768407329","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reinterpretations","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}