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A Critique of Stanley Fish’s Reader-Response Reading of John Milton’s Paradise Lost
University of Gävle, Faculty of Education and Business Studies, Department of Humanities.
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The essay critically examines Stanley Fish’s reader-response reading of Paradise Lost.In particular Fish’s main thesis that John Milton’s sole purpose in Paradise Lost is toeducate the reader on their position as fallen.The essay then examines two key claimsthat Fish employs to arrive at his conclusion, namely: (1) Fish’s notion of intendedreadership and authorial intent for Paradise Lost; and (2) Fish’s claims of readerresponse to Paradise Lost in two selected contexts (i) the reader response to Satan in thebeginning of Paradise Lost (ii) the reader response to an aspect of narration in ParadiseLost i.e. the poem’s epic voice. Based on the analysis of these two key claims the essayfinds Fish’s thesis unsubstantiated and in need of further argument.

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2021. , p. 35
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John Milton, Paradise Lost, Stanley Fish, Reader-Response, Intended Readership, Authorial Intent.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36435OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-36435DiVA, id: diva2:1570638
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Available from: 2021-06-23 Created: 2021-06-22 Last updated: 2021-06-23Bibliographically approved

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