Milton's Ontology, Cosmogony, and Physics [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curry, Walter Clyde, 1887-1967.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fall of man in literature.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Philosophy.

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1957.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Walter Clyde Curry, a well-known student of Milton, analyzes the origins and unique construction of the grand stage upon which Milton presents the drama of human destiny in Paradise Lost. Through close examination of four entities -- Heaven of Heavens, Hell, chaos, and the World -- a greatly expanded view is provided of the poet's concept of space and God's relation to total creation. In facing structural and philosophical problems Milton is shown to be neither a materialist, nor an eclectic, nor a pantheist, as many scholars have insisted; he emerges rather as a master syncretist of widely d

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Confessions of the Author; CHAPTER ONE Milton's Dual Concept of God as Related to Creation; CHAPTER TWO Milton's Chaos and Old Night; CHAPTER THREE The Consistence and Qualities of Chaos; CHAPTER FOUR The Genesis of Milton's World; CHAPTER FIVE The Lordship of Milton's Sun; CHAPTER SIX Some Travels of Satan and the Road to Hell; CHAPTER SEVEN Milton's Scale of Nature; Epilogue; APPENDIX Milton's Light Exhaling from Darkness: A Study in Symbols; NOTES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [205]-226)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6259-9

OCLC:

613728550