John Milton: "Reasoning Words"

by Pruitt, Kristin; Durham, Charles

• ISBN13: 9781575911236
• ISBN10: 157591123X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-01
• Publisher: Susquehanna University Press

Summary

"These ten essays, originally presented at the 2005 Conference on John Milton, sponsored by Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, were selected for inclusion in this collection on the basis of merit rather than theme, focus, or critical approach. Nonetheless, they all suggest, albeit from disparate perspectives, ways in which careful attention to Milton's language, to his "reasoning words," can offer a colorful palette of choices for the contemporary reader."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 13
Milton, Globalization, and the Possibilities of Positive Nationalism	p. 22
Milton's Loaded Language: "Convey" and Other Examples	p. 50
The Wills of Edward Goodall and Thomas Young and the Life of John Milton	p. 60
Milton's Dialogue with Ovid: The Case for the Amatoria	p. 77
The Satanic Question and the Poetics of Creation	p. 88
Satan and the Power of Place in Paradise Lost	p. 115
Eden Voiced: Milton's Dialogic Community of Creation and an Environmental Ethic of Partnership	p. 129
"A Seraph Wing'd": Raphael and the Office of High Priest in Paradise Lost	p. 147
Sacred Biography and Sacred Autobiography: Rewriting the Life of the Son in Paradise Regained	p. 165
John Milton: Educator, Moralist, Grammarian	p. 182
Notes on Contributors	p. 205
Index	p. 208
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