Background
Radzinowicz, Mary Ann was born on April 18, 1925 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Arthur Seymour and Ann (Stacy) Nevins.
( The endurance of a work of art such as Samson Agonistes...)
The endurance of a work of art such as Samson Agonistes, this book suggests, derives from its incorporation of the principle of change as the very foundation of its permanence. In a deft and perceptive analysis, Mary Ann Radzinowicz shows how the poem embodies the principle of change, reveals Milton's perpetual concerns, and illuminates the course of his poetic and intellectual development. The author holds that Samson Agonistes represents the culmination of Milton's poetic œuvre. Its subject is growth, and the tragedy imitates a Biblical story of movement from self-destruction to self-transcendence. In each section of her book, the author considers the poem in a different context or area of Milton's thought. Each new aspect suggests a widening circle of implication as the discussion moves from Milton's dialectic to the representation of tragic failure, from change and growth as themes to the discovery of history as tragic design. Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Radzinowicz, Mary Ann was born on April 18, 1925 in Champaign, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Arthur Seymour and Ann (Stacy) Nevins.
Bachelor, Radcliffe College, 1945. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1947. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1953.
Master of Arts (honorary), University Cambridge, England, 1960.
Professor, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1947-1950, 52-59; professor, Girton College, Cambridge, England, 1960-1980; professor, U. Cambridge, 1973-1980; professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1990; Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of English emeritus, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, since 1990. Member of advisory board 2d, 3d, 4th International Milton Symposia, since 1985.
( The endurance of a work of art such as Samson Agonistes...)
( The endurance of a work of art such as Samson Agonistes...)
Member Modern Language Association, Renaissance Society of America, Milton Society of America (honored scholar 1987), John Donne Society.
Married Leon Radzinowicz, June 16, 1958 (divorced 1978). Children: Ann Stacy Radzinowicz Prior, William Francis Henry.