Reformation 15
January 11, 2011
Hannibal Hamlin writes:
I’m pleased to announce the publication of Reformation 15 (2010), the first issue under my sole editorship, with Helen Parish editing the Reviews section. The issue is online at our website (http://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/Reformation), and print copies should be on their way to libraries and subscribers, and generally available shortly. Contents are listed below.
Submissions are now welcome for vol. 16 (2011) on all topics related to the Reformation period. We continue to be interested in research on aspects of early modern religion, in the fields of history, literature, art history, music, theology, the history of the book, and indeed most fields, but our purview is wide. I encourage scholars to push our envelope! 2011 is the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, or Authorized Version; lectures, conferences, exhibitions, television and radio programs, publications and other events will commemorate this anniversary on both sides of the Atlantic (for listings see http://www.kingjamesbibletrust.org/). Reformation thus extends a special invitation this year for submissions on early modern Bibles, Bible translation, and the literary and cultural influence of the Bible.
Milton Society of America Web Site
January 6, 2011
The Milton Society of America has launched a web site. Visit http://www.miltonsociety.org/ for information on joining, annual awards and honored scholars, as well as announcements.
Milton among the Puritans: The Case for Historical Revisionism
January 4, 2011
Catherine Martin writes:
A new and potentially groundbreaking study questioning Milton’s identity as a religious Puritan is now available from Ashgate Press (Aldershot, 2010). In Milton among the Puritans: The Case for Historical Revisionism, Catherine Gimelli Martin shows that the demise of the “Puritan Revolution” thesis about the English civil wars should cause all serious scholars to reconsider the grounds for labeling the poet a Puritan, a tradition of relatively late duration and highly dubious factuality. In addition to making this case, the book offers chapters on each of Milton’s major poems, including one on Comus, from a more literary and secular perspective than much other work to date. The book has been reviewed and highly recommended Thomas Corns and John Rogers.
Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton
January 2, 2011
Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton
Coming out in paperback this month:
Judith H. Anderson, Reading the Allegorical Intertext: Chaucer, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton. New York: Fordham University Press, 2008.
