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Milton and monotheism /

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"Examining Milton's poetry in the context of many debates swirling around polytheism and monotheism, this study demonstrates the profound differences between doctrinal discourse and narrative poetry and how neither is, individually, able to fully represent Milton's monotheism--or, as...

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Main Author: Stoll, Abraham Dylan, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2009]
Series:Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Samson Agonistes.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Religion.
Religion and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
God in literature.
Poetry > Religious aspects.
Monotheism in literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Polytheism and "truest poesie"
  • Occult monotheism and the abstract godhead : the discourse of monotheism
  • God and Genesis 18 in Paradise lost
  • The war in heaven and deism : the discourse of monotheism
  • Socinianism and deism : the discourse of monotheism
  • The Son after the Trinity
  • Revelation and Samson's sense of heaven's desertion
  • Afterword: Monotheism, the sublime, and allegory.