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Milton's Messiah : the son of God in the works of John Milton /

Milton's Messiah provides the first comprehensive book-length analysis of the nature and significance of the Son of God in Milton's poetry and theology. The book engages with Biblical and Patristic theology, Reformation and post-Reformation thought, and the original Latin of the treatise D...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hillier, Russell M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > In literature.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Jesus Christ
Milton, John, > 1608-1674
Literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Nature of Milton's Son and his Justification of Men's Ways to God: Things Indifferent?
  • 2. Milton's Great Argument
  • 3. 'Matter new to gaze': Satan's Blindness and the Manifestation of Milton's Sacramental Universe
  • 4. 'On other surety none': Raphael's Temporal and Spatial Passion Allegories
  • 5. The Good Communicated: Milton's Drama of the Fall and the Law of Charity
  • 6. Surprised by Sin, Assured by Grace: Milton's Redeeming Irony
  • 7. Paradise Found: Milton's Messiah and the Argument of Weakness in Paradise Regain'd
  • Conclusion.