Firmly grounded in literary studies but drawing on religious studies, translation studies, drama, and visual art, Milton among Spaniards is the first book-length exploration of the afterlife of John Milton in Spanish culture, illuminating underexamined Anglo-Hispanic cultural relations. This study calls attention to a series of powerful engagements by Spaniards with Milton’s works and legend, following a general chronology from the eighteenth to the early twenty-first century, tracing the overall story of Milton’s presence from indices of prohibited works during the Inquisition, through the many Spanish translations of Paradise Lost, to the author’s depiction on stage in the nineteenth-century play Milton, and finally to the representation of Paradise Lost by Spanish visual artists.
Published by University of Delaware Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.
"Throughout her study, Duran successfully demonstrates the multifaceted Spanish engagement with Milton, breaking new ground and laying the foundations for further enquiry. This book is a valuable addition to a fuller understanding of Milton’s international reception throughout the centuries."
"Duran’s masterful analysis [. . .] will interest scholars of Milton above all, but also students of early modern England, post-Habsburg Spain, and literary translation and transmission in modern Europe."
"Duran deftly leads her readers through a labyrinth of extraordinary research spanning the Old and New Worlds [. . .] Milton among Spaniards will be a welcome addition to any Miltonist's library."
"Angelica Duran consigue ofrecer una visión amplia y detallada de la recepción de Milton en una España cambiante que se definía a sí misma en relación de unión o separación con respecto a Europa. Su análisis de textos poco explorados por la crítica abre una puerta a futuros trabajos que pueden complementar sus conclusiones y enriquecer los estudios de las relaciones culturales anglo-españolas desde la perspectiva hispánica, poco transitada hasta ahora en el mundo académico de habla inglesa." [Angelica Duran manages to offer an expansive and detailed vision of Milton’s reception in an ever-changing Spain, which defined itself in relation to its union with and separation from Europe. Her analyses of texts little explored by critics open a door for future works that can complement the book’s conclusions and enrich studies of Anglo-Spanish cultural relations from the Hispanic perspective, covered very little in the English-speaking academic world until now.]
Angelica Duran is Professor of English at Purdue University and author of The Age of Milton and the Scientific Revolution.
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