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Milton and the burden of freedom

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Milton and the burden of freedom/ Warren Chernaik.
Author:	Chernaik, Warren L.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2017.,
Description:	ix, 274 p. :digital ; : 24 cm.;
Notes:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2017).
Subject:	Liberty in literature. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316597279
ISBN:	9781316597279

Milton and the burden of freedom
Chernaik, Warren L.

Milton and the burden of freedom[electronic resource] /Warren Chernaik. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2017. - ix, 274 p. :digital ;24 cm.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Mar 2017).

Machine generated contents note: Introduction. Free to fall: Milton and the Old Testament God; 1. Milton's post-Calvinist theology; 2. 'Providence their guide': providence in Milton; 3. The unpolluted temple of the mind: virtue on trial; 4. Classical and Biblical Republicanism: Milton and some contemporaries; 5. Victory's crest: Milton, the English nation, and Cromwell; 6. Monarchy and servitude: the politics of Paradise Lost; 7. God's just yoke: power and justice in Paradise Lost; 8. 'Tyrannie must be': Milton and the Restoration; Postscript.

Throughout his writings, Milton, deeply engaged in political and theological controversy, sought to clear a space for human freedom in a world ruled by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, as well as other works by Milton in verse and prose, explore the problematical aspects of a universe ruled by an Old Testament God of wrath, demanding obedience, who allows his creatures the freedom to be 'authors' of their own fate. Milton and the Burden of Freedom examines the contradictions inherent in Milton's religious, political, and ethical beliefs as expressed in his poems, prose writings, and the treatise De Doctrina Christiana. Milton, whose writings are rooted in the Reformed tradition while challenging Calvinist orthodoxy, is both radical and conservative. In this book, Warren Chernaik traces the evolution of Milton's attitude towards freedom, servitude and virtue during a century of political upheaval and disappointed hopes.

ISBN: 9781316597279Subjects--Personal Names:

799556
Milton, John,
1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

937406
Liberty in literature.

LC Class. No.: PR3592.L48 / C47 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 821.4

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