Milton among the Puritans : the case for historical revisionism / Catherine Gimelli Martin.

Author/creator Martin, Catherine Gimelli
Format Book
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.
Descriptionxvi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Milton, John, 1608-1674--Religion.
Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.
Christian poetry, English--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.

Contents Carlyle's ghost -- A brief history of the "Puritan revolution" -- Milton among the Puritans -- Vocation, prophecy, and secular reform in the early poems and prose -- The humanist ethics, metaphysics, and aesthetics of Milton's Spenserian masque -- Mid-century debates on law, religion, rhetoric, education, and science -- The secular cosmology and anthropology of Milton's civilized Eden -- The neoclassical poetics of Paradise regained -- The classical republican experience of defeat in Samson agonistes -- Milton and the early development of toleration in England.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010025637
ISBN9781409408567 (alk. paper)
ISBN1409408566 (alk. paper)
ISBN9781409419273 (eBook)
ISBN1409419274 (eBook)

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Joyner General Stacks PR3592.R4 M26 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold