Milton and the Rise of Russian Satanism

by Valentin Boss

Overview

Russian notions of good and evil changed before the Revolution and will change again under glasnost' and perestroika. But no literary character has reflected such changes more dramatically than Milton's Satan, who managed to be both a hero to Romantic poets and Marxist critics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442612938
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	11/10/2011
Series:	Heritage
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Valentin Boss is a professor of History at McGill University.

Editorial Reviews

Boss contends that the Satan portrayed by Milton in Paradise lost is the one that most influenced the image of Satan in Russian art, especially of the Romantic age--Milton having been translated into Russian before Dante, Tasso, or Marlowe. He traces the Satan of Milton through Russian poets like Zhukovsky and Lermontov, and artists like Vrubel, to its modern political implications under Lunacharsky (Lenin's commissar for education) and later, Brezhnev. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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