Milton and the grounds of contention / edited by Mark R. Kelley, Michael Lieb, John T. Shawcross.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kelley, Mark R., 1961-

Lieb, Michael, 1940-

Shawcross, John T.

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance literary studies

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Criticism and interpretation.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.

Great Britain.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

viii, 352 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2003]

Contents:

1 The Deleterious and the Exalted: Milton's Poetry in the Eighteenth Century / John T. Shawcross 11

2 John Milton, Lucy Hutchinson and the Republican Biblical Epic / David Norbrook 37

3 "Pleasure by Description": Elizabeth Singer Rowe's Enlightened Milton / Sharon Achinstein 64

4 Inventing Postcolonialism: Edmund Burke's Paradise Lost and Regained / Annabel Patterson 88

5 Gratitude and Paradise Lost: A Neglected Context / Peter E. Medine 115

6 Paradise Enclosed and the Feme Covert / Lynne A. Greenberg 150

7 Choice and Election in Samson Agonistes / Susanne Woods 174

8 Milton's Circumcision / John Rogers 188

9 The Provenance of De doctrina Christiana: A View of the Present State of the Controversy / John P. Rumrich 214

10 Milton and the Socinian Heresy / Michael Lieb 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0820703451

OCLC:

52127573