Milton and the Ends of TimeJuliet Cummins Cambridge University Press, 2003 - 254 pages In Milton and the Ends of Time, a team of leading international scholars addresses Milton's treatment of millennial and apocalyptic ideas, topics of major importance in the religious and philosophical thought of his day. The subject has wide-ranging ramifications for the interpretation of Milton's poetry and prose, as his speculations on the ends of time played a vital part in shaping the Miltonic quest and vision. This collection provides a broad range of approaches to Milton, including Milton and the visual arts, Milton's politics and theology, and Milton and science. |
Table des matières
Those thoughts that wander through eternity I | 1 |
Christs College millenarians | 29 |
from the Nativity Ode | 42 |
Milton Ophiucus | 82 |
Milton vs Milton | 96 |
John Martins apocalyptic illustrations to Paradise Lost | 123 |
immanent | 144 |
Matter and apocalyptic transformations in Paradise Lost | 169 |
apocalypse and the loss | 184 |
The apocalypse in Paradise Regained | 202 |
Inspiration and melancholy in Samson Agonistes | 224 |
The time is come | 241 |
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