Arenas of Conflict: Milton and the Unfettered MindKristin Pruitt McColgan, Charles W. Durham The nineteen essays in this collection explore such varied fields of argument as John Milton's authorship of the Christian Doctrine, his adaptations of source material, his engagement in political controversies, his attitudes toward gender in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, and his reflection of seventeenth-century obstetrics and anticipation of modern chaos theory in Paradise Lost. In their sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory, and consistently interrogative views of Milton and his work, these essays offer an "arena of conflict" for future studies. |
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... role of women and marriage than it does about Milton's opinions . Whatever Milton's views toward women and their role in mar- riage might have been - whether misogynist or subordinationist or not- surely he did not intend his marriage ...
... role of women and marriage than it does about Milton's opinions . Whatever Milton's views toward women and their role in mar- riage might have been - whether misogynist or subordinationist or not- surely he did not intend his marriage ...
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... role , which the poet describes in the prose Argument of book 2 : " with what difficulty he [ Satan ] passes through , directed by Chaos , the Power of that place , to the sight of this new World which he sought . " Chaos deliberately ...
... role , which the poet describes in the prose Argument of book 2 : " with what difficulty he [ Satan ] passes through , directed by Chaos , the Power of that place , to the sight of this new World which he sought . " Chaos deliberately ...
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... role of Eve in his epic , Paradise Lost ; and the women's roles are pivotal . Given Milton's own major role and pivotal position in Western literary history , readers are , not surprisingly , tempted to seek in Milton's treatment of ...
... role of Eve in his epic , Paradise Lost ; and the women's roles are pivotal . Given Milton's own major role and pivotal position in Western literary history , readers are , not surprisingly , tempted to seek in Milton's treatment of ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Miltons Transgressive Maneuvers | 21 |
Ramblings in Elucidation of the Authorship of the Christian | 41 |
Copyright | |
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