Milton and the burden of freedom /

Throughout his writings, Milton, deeply engaged in political and theological controversy, sought to clear a space for human freedom in a world ruled by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, as well as other works by Milton in verse and prose, explore the problematic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chernaik, Warren L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2017].
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Free to fall: Milton and the Old Testament God
  • Milton's post-Calvinist theology
  • 'Providence their guide': providence in Milton
  • The unpolluted temple of the mind: virtue on trial
  • Classical and Biblical Republicanism: Milton and some contemporaries
  • Victory's crest: Milton, the English nation, and Cromwell
  • Monarchy and servitude: the politics of Paradise Lost
  • God's just yoke: power and justice in Paradise Lost
  • 'Tyrannie must be': Milton and the Restoration
  • Postscript.