Os contornos do Novo Mundo de John Milton

Autores

  • Elizabeth Sauer Brock University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.28.3.47-61

Palavras-chave:

John Milton, Américas, O paraíso perdido, alteridade, literatura de viagem

Resumo

Dadas a relativa novidade das Américas no início do mundo moderno, a indireção das rotas transatlânticas na época e a vastidão de sua imaginação, as viagens virtuais do poeta inglês John Milton para as Américas são marcadas por desvios, circunavegações e encontros eventuais. No entanto, o desafio deste artigo é delinear os contornos das Américas de Milton, atentando aos específicos e diferentes contextos históricos, políticos e genéricos em que aparecem suas poucas alusões e referências ao Novo Mundo. Ao fazer isso, descobre-se que Milton interpreta as Américas como um mundus alter et idem ou como um exercício de alteridade e também como um autoestudo.

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Biografia do Autor

Elizabeth Sauer, Brock University

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Professor of English.

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Publicado

2018-10-15

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Sauer, E. (2018). Os contornos do Novo Mundo de John Milton. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 28(3), 47–61. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.28.3.47-61

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Dossiê – A Literatura Inglesa na Idade Moderna