Willie, RJ (2021) Inscribing Textuality: Milton, Davenant, Authorship and the Performance of Print. In: Depledge, E, Garrison, J and Narcosia, M, (eds.) Making Milton: Print, Authorship, Afterlives. Oxford University Press, pp. 92-107.

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Abstract

This essay seeks to address Milton’s engagement with drama. Such a topic appears a little absurd given that, although sketches and fragments of dramas based mainly on biblical stories exist in the Trinity Manuscript and Milton defended drama in his commonplace book, he never completed a play intended for performance and his involvement in masque culture seems limited to the Welsh Marches.1 It is also a topic that seems to go through cycles. Jonas Barish’s The Antitheatrical Prejudice, seems to have invited assertions that Milton’s writing exudes a disdain for the stage, a poise that would be in keeping with his Puritan leanings.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Divisions:	Humanities and Social Science
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2017 12:14
Last Modified:	14 Nov 2024 12:01
DOI or ID number:	10.1093/oso/9780198821892.003.0008
Editors:	Depledge, E, Garrison, J and Narcosia, M
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7682

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