The humanism of Milton's Paradise lost / David Reid
1993, 1st edition. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #388913
ISBN: 9780748604012
Physical description; 186 pp.; 24 cm. Contents; Ch. 1. The Study of the Will -- Ch. 2. Finite Man. The Reformation and Human Creatureliness. Neoclassical Humanism. The Humanist Quarrel with Scholasticism. The Divinising of Man and the Condition of Incorporated Minds. Knowledge within Human Limits in Paradise Lost. Cosmic Flights in Paradise Lost -- Ch. 3. Paradise Lost and the Neoclassical Epic. Epic as Eloquence. Jerusalem Delivered. Paradise Lost: Introduction. Paradise Lost: Universal Images. Paradise Lost: Universal Images of Derangement. Paradise Lost: The New Creation. Absalom and Achitophel -- Ch. 4. The Motions of the Will in Paradise Lost. Theology. The Son. Satan. Adam and Eve: The State of Innocence. Adam and Eve: The Fall. Adam and Eve: Guilt. Adam and Eve: The Return Upon Themselves. Subjects; Milton, John 1608-1674. Paradise lost. Criticism and interpretation. Humanism in literature. English poetry.
Price: €45.00