Delirious Milton : The Fate of the Poet in Modernity / Gordon Teskey.
2009
PR3592.A34 T47 2006
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Delirious Milton : The Fate of the Poet in Modernity / Gordon Teskey.
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9780674044302
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
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©2006
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English
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In English.
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1 online resource
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10.4159/9780674044302 doi
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PR3592.A34 T47 2006
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HK 2575
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821/.4
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The argument of Delirious Milton is that Milton's creative power is drawn from a rift at the center of his consciousness over the question of creation itself. This rift forces the poet to oscillate deliriously between two incompatible perspectives, at once affirming and denying the presence of spirit in what he creates. From one perspective, the act of creation is centered in God and the purpose of art is to imitate and praise the Creator. From the other perspective, the act of creation is centered in the human, in the built environment of the modern world.
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
1. Artificial Paradises
2. Milton's Halo
3. Milton and Modernity
4. Why, This Is Chaos, Nor Am I Out of It
5. God's Body: Concept and Metaphor
6. A Bleeding Rib: Milton and Classical Culture
7. Milton's Choice of Subject
8. Revolution in Paradise Regained
9. Samson and the Heap of the Dead
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments
Contents
Introduction
1. Artificial Paradises
2. Milton's Halo
3. Milton and Modernity
4. Why, This Is Chaos, Nor Am I Out of It
5. God's Body: Concept and Metaphor
6. A Bleeding Rib: Milton and Classical Culture
7. Milton's Choice of Subject
8. Revolution in Paradise Regained
9. Samson and the Heap of the Dead
Notes
Index