Milton’s use of pastoral as a means of institutional criticism in Lycidas

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Milton’s use of pastoral as a means of institutional criticism in Lycidas

Yazarlar:

Oya Bayıltmış Öğütcü

Yayıncı:

Yakup YILMAZ

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.1254-1262

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001302021

pISSN:

2148-7782

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Özet:

 John Miltons Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written in 1637 after the death of an idealized man of religion, Edward King. Reflecting the lament of the persona for the loss of a sound man intended for the Church, Lycidas is rooted in the classical tradition and embodies all the qualities of the pastoral. Incorporated into the pastoral qualities of the poem is a part where St Peter gives voice to the follies of the contemporary clergy, which turns the poem into a means of criticism. The poem emphasises that while a great man of religion like Lycidas dies, the failing ones survive despite all their material interests and ignorance of society. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to analyse Miltons Lycidas as an example of pastoral where Milton brings together the classical tradition with institutional criticism. This article will analyse the poem in context, and reminding the ideas of Archbishop Laud, it will argue that the use of the shepherd image as a pastor-poet, as in the case of the classical pastoral tradition, provides Milton with the means to delve into the use of the image of the shepherd in the Christian imagery. This, in turn, enables him to discuss the conditions of the poet and of poetry in the seventeenth century.

 John Miltons Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written in 1637 after the death of an idealized man of religion, Edward King. Reflecting the lament of the persona for the loss of a sound man intended for the Church, Lycidas is rooted in the classical tradition and embodies all the qualities of the pastoral. Incorporated into the pastoral qualities of the poem is a part where St Peter gives voice to the follies of the contemporary clergy, which turns the poem into a means of criticism. The poem emphasises that while a great man of religion like Lycidas dies, the failing ones survive despite all their material interests and ignorance of society. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to analyse Miltons Lycidas as an example of pastoral where Milton brings together the classical tradition with institutional criticism. This article will analyse the poem in context, and reminding the ideas of Archbishop Laud, it will argue that the use of the shepherd image as a pastor-poet, as in the case of the classical pastoral tradition, provides Milton with the means to delve into the use of the image of the shepherd in the Christian imagery. This, in turn, enables him to discuss the conditions of the poet and of poetry in the seventeenth century.

 John Miltons Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written in 1637 after the death of an idealized man of religion, Edward King. Reflecting the lament of the persona for the loss of a sound man intended for the Church, Lycidas is rooted in the classical tradition and embodies all the qualities of the pastoral. Incorporated into the pastoral qualities of the poem is a part where St Peter gives voice to the follies of the contemporary clergy, which turns the poem into a means of criticism. The poem emphasises that while a great man of religion like Lycidas dies, the failing ones survive despite all their material interests and ignorance of society. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to analyse Miltons Lycidas as an example of pastoral where Milton brings together the classical tradition with institutional criticism. This article will analyse the poem in context, and reminding the ideas of Archbishop Laud, it will argue that the use of the shepherd image as a pastor-poet, as in the case of the classical pastoral tradition, provides Milton with the means to delve into the use of the image of the shepherd in the Christian imagery. This, in turn, enables him to discuss the conditions of the poet and of poetry in the seventeenth century.

 John Miltons Lycidas is a pastoral elegy written in 1637 after the death of an idealized man of religion, Edward King. Reflecting the lament of the persona for the loss of a sound man intended for the Church, Lycidas is rooted in the classical tradition and embodies all the qualities of the pastoral. Incorporated into the pastoral qualities of the poem is a part where St Peter gives voice to the follies of the contemporary clergy, which turns the poem into a means of criticism. The poem emphasises that while a great man of religion like Lycidas dies, the failing ones survive despite all their material interests and ignorance of society. Accordingly, the aim of this article is to analyse Miltons Lycidas as an example of pastoral where Milton brings together the classical tradition with institutional criticism. This article will analyse the poem in context, and reminding the ideas of Archbishop Laud, it will argue that the use of the shepherd image as a pastor-poet, as in the case of the classical pastoral tradition, provides Milton with the means to delve into the use of the image of the shepherd in the Christian imagery. This, in turn, enables him to discuss the conditions of the poet and of poetry in the seventeenth century.

Makale detayları

Milton’s use of pastoral as a means of institutional criticism in Lycidas

Yazarlar: Oya Bayıltmış Öğütcü

Yayıncı: Yakup YILMAZ

Ana Başlıklar: İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi: RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.1254-1262

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001302021

pISSN: 2148-7782

John Milton

Lycidas

pastoral

institutional criticism

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Oya Bayıltmış Öğütcü

Yayıncı:

Yakup YILMAZ

Ana Başlıklar:

İngiliz ve İrlanda Dili | Edebiyatı ve Kültürü

Dergi:

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi Issue Ö13, pp.1254-1262

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001302021

pISSN:

2148-7782