Surprised by Sin: Reader in "Paradise Lost" - Hardcover

Fish, Stanley Eugene

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0333021096 ISBN 13: 9780333021095

Publisher: Macmillan, 1967

Synopsis

Stanley Fish's Surprised by Sin argues here that Paradise Lost is a poem about how its readers came to be the way they are and therefore the fact of their divided responses makes perfect sense.

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Review

"Thirty years after its original publication. "Surprised by Sin" remains the one indispensable book on Milton. This dazzling, high-stakes work of mind taught a generation of readers how to read anew. And, lest we thought its rigorous injunctions had been dulled or blandly assimilated by the intervening years, Fish dares us, in a formidable new preface, to think again." --Linda Gregerson, University of Michigan

"Thirty years ago, "Surprised by Sin" initiated the modern age in Milton criticism. Still the one book necessarily engaged by Milton scholars, it continues to provoke, irritate, and illuminate. Reissued now, with a substantial new preface, it clarifies in fascinating ways not only the course of Milton studies but also the continuing career of its controversial author." --Marshall Grossman, University of Maryland at College Park

"The first edition of "Surprised by Sin" revised the critical landscape of Milton studies more significantly and more influentially than any other analysis of "Paradise Lost" in modern history. The second edition contains a substantial preface, not only an apologia but also a brilliant critical manifesto in its own right. Fish thereby affirms the validity, preeminence, and timeliness of his "great argument," which will continue to inform critical debates unremittingly in the future." --Albert C. Labriola, Duquesne University

The first edition of "Surprised by Sin" revised the critical landscape of Milton studies more significantly and more influentially than any other analysis of "Paradise Lost" in modern history. The second edition contains a substantial preface, not only an apologia but also a brilliant critical manifesto in its own right. Fish thereby affirms the validity, preeminence, and timeliness of his "great argument," which will continue to inform critical debates unremittingly in the future.--Albert C. Labriola, Duquesne University

Thirty years after its original publication. "Surprised by Sin" remains the one indispensable book on Milton. This dazzling, high-stakes work of mind taught a generation of readers how to read anew. And, lest we thought its rigorous injunctions had been dulled or blandly assimilated by the intervening years, Fish dares us, in a formidable new preface, to think again.--Linda Gregerson, University of Michigan

Thirty years ago, "Surprised by Sin" initiated the modern age in Milton criticism. Still the one book necessarily engaged by Milton scholars, it continues to provoke, irritate, and illuminate. Reissued now, with a substantial new preface, it clarifies in fascinating ways not only the course of Milton studies but also the continuing career of its controversial author.--Marshall Grossman, University of Maryland at College Park

Thirty years after its original publication. Surprised by Sin remains the one indispensable book on Milton. This dazzling, high-stakes work of mind taught a generation of readers how to read anew. And, lest we thought its rigorous injunctions had been dulled or blandly assimilated by the intervening years, Fish dares us, in a formidable new preface, to think again.--Linda Gregerson, University of Michigan

Thirty years ago, Surprised by Sin initiated the modern age in Milton criticism. Still the one book necessarily engaged by Milton scholars, it continues to provoke, irritate, and illuminate. Reissued now, with a substantial new preface, it clarifies in fascinating ways not only the course of Milton studies but also the continuing career of its controversial author.--Marshall Grossman, University of Maryland at College Park

The first edition of Surprised by Sin revised the critical landscape of Milton studies more significantly and more influentially than any other analysis of Paradise Lost in modern history. The second edition contains a substantial preface, not only an apologia but also a brilliant critical manifesto in its own right. Fish thereby affirms the validity, preeminence, and timeliness of his "great argument," which will continue to inform critical debates unremittingly in the future.--Albert C. Labriola, Duquesne University

About the Author

Stanley Fish is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago. His many books include There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and It's a Good Thing Too.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan
• Publication date: 1967
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333021096
• ISBN 13: 9780333021095
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336