Milton Across Borders and Media

Islam Issa · Angelica Duran

Nov 2023 · Oxford University Press

About this ebook

Milton Across Borders and Media is an unprecedented collaboration that demonstrates the breadth of John Milton's international reception across diverse media from the seventeenth century through today. This volume presents new essays on the adaptation of Milton's works into various languages and media around the world. Part I poses questions about how we can effectively situate and engage with Milton's works within the multimedia networks of the present day. Part II 'Interlingual Borders' keys in on the cultural, technological, and temporal elements of interlingual translation that make them intersemiotic. Part III 'Verbal Borders' features media that draw out the themes and characters of Milton's writing through verbal expression. Part IV focuses on the transference of Milton's verbal artwork into visual artwork, from book illustration to stained glass. Part V 'Auditory Media' extends the focus on multimedia, with aural media as the chief feature.

About the author

Islam Issa is Professor of Literature and History at Birmingham City University. He is author of Milton in the Arab-Muslim World (2016), winner of the Milton Society of America's First Book award, Shakespeare and Terrorism (2021), and Alexandria: The City that Changed the World (2023). He is co-editor of Milton in Translation (2017), winner of the Milton Society of America's Irene Samuel Memorial Award, and Digital Milton (2018). As a broadcaster and curator, he has presented radio and TV programmes including Cleopatra and Me: In Search of a Lost Queen, and curated exhibitions at public venues including Shakespeare's Birthplace. Angelica Duran is Professor at Purdue University where she has been on the English and Comparative Literature faculties since earning her PhD in English Literature from Stanford in 2000, and has served as Director of the Religious Studies Program and Interim Director of the Creative Writing Program. She is the author of over 60 shorter publications and two monographs, most recently Milton among Spaniards (2020). She is the editor or co-editor five volumes including Milton in Translation (2017).