Samson Agonistes: A re-dramatisation after Milton

by John Kinsella

John Kinsella's poetic and intertextual reworking of John Milton's dramatic poem, Samson Agonistes, confirms Milton as one of the many influences in Kinsella's poetic output. His fascination with Milton's "tale of conflicted belief, values and desires" is stated at the outset in the 'Argument', and in what follows, Kinsella echoes many of Milton's themes as he explores how the cyborg Samson - both a symbol of uncontrolled violence and a pacifist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 191146955X
• ISBN13: 9781911469551
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: ARC Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"