Painting Milton by Numbers

IF 0.6 2区文学 0 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES

ENGLISH LITERARY RENAISSANCE Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.1086/706228

K. Poole

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S ince this issue celebrates a number (the half-century mark of 50), it seems appropriate to open with some numeric reflections. In the context of my engagement with Milton studies, the last year has presented some interesting figures. 139: the number of essays that the prize committee I served on for the Milton Society of America had to consider for the 2017 James Holly Hanford article award (and 7: the number of monographs specifically on Milton that qualified for the Hanford book award, and 9: the number of titles eligible for the John Shawcross award for scholarly editions, reference works, or chapters on Milton, and 8: the number of eligible titles for the Irene SamuelMemorial award for a multi-authored volume pertaining to Milton). Approximately 70: the number of people who showed up on a weekday morning at the Philadelphia Free Library to hear my public lecture “Who Was John Milton?” (assigned title), part of the Achieving Immortality Lecture Series: Four Great Poets and the Cultures that Shaped Them. Approximately 70: the average age of these attendees. 12: the number of students who enrolled this last semester for my undergraduate Milton course. 12: the number of said students who had never heard of John Milton before registering for the course. 8: the number of said students who had never heard of Paradise Lost before registering for the course. 2: the number of English majors in the course. 5: the number of academic positions mentioning “Milton” in the 2016–17 MLA Job List, and 1⁄2: the number of those academic positions specifically dedicated to Milton. If we are painting a picture of the current state of things Miltonic by the numbers, these figures yield confusion, a word that Milton extensively

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用数字画弥尔顿

既然这期杂志庆祝的是一个数字(50岁的半个世纪纪念)，那么以一些数字上的思考作为开篇似乎是合适的。在我研究弥尔顿的过程中，去年出现了一些有趣的数据。139篇:我为美国弥尔顿协会服务的评奖委员会必须考虑2017年詹姆斯·霍利·汉福德文章奖的论文数量(7篇:专门研究弥尔顿的专著有资格获得汉福德图书奖的数量，9篇:有资格获得约翰·肖克罗斯奖的学术版本、参考作品或章节弥尔顿的数量)，8篇:有资格获得艾琳塞缪尔纪念奖的多作者有关弥尔顿的书的数量)。大约有70人:在一个工作日的早晨，来到费城免费图书馆听我的公开讲座“谁是约翰·弥尔顿?”(指定题目)，《实现不朽系列讲座:四大诗人和塑造他们的文化》的一部分。大约70岁:这些与会者的平均年龄。12:最后一个学期报名参加我的本科弥尔顿课程的学生人数。12:在注册这门课程之前从未听说过约翰·弥尔顿的学生人数。8:在注册这门课程之前从未听说过《失乐园》的学生人数。2:该课程的英语专业学生人数。5: 2016-17年MLA职位列表中提到“米尔顿”的学术职位数量，1 / 2:专门针对米尔顿的学术职位数量。如果我们用数字来描绘弥尔顿的现状，这些数字会产生混乱，弥尔顿经常用这个词

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期刊介绍： English Literary Renaissance is a journal devoted to current criticism and scholarship of Tudor and early Stuart English literature, 1485-1665, including Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne, and Milton. It is unique in featuring the publication of rare texts and newly discovered manuscripts of the period and current annotated bibliographies of work in the field. It is illustrated with contemporary woodcuts and engravings of Renaissance England and Europe.