Milton and monotheism /
Stoll, Abraham Dylan,1969-
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press,
c2009.
"Examining Milton's poetry in the context of many debates swirling around polytheism and monotheism, this study demonstrates the profound differences between doctrinal discourse and narrative poetry and how neither is, individually, able to fully represent Milton's monotheism--or, as Abraham Stoll says, 'a God of flickering subjectivity'"--Provided by publisher.
Based on the author's doctoral thesis, presented to Princeton University, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 320-366) and index.
Polytheism and "truest poesie" -- Occult monotheism and the abstract godhead : the discourse of monotheism -- God and Genesis 18 in Paradise lost -- The war in heaven and deism : the discourse of monotheism -- Socinianism and deism : the discourse of monotheism -- The Son after the Trinity -- Revelation and Samson's sense of heaven's desertion -- Afterword: Monotheism, the sublime, and allegory.
"Examining Milton's poetry in the context of many debates swirling around polytheism and monotheism, this study demonstrates the profound differences between doctrinal discourse and narrative poetry and how neither is, individually, able to fully represent Milton's monotheism--or, as Abraham Stoll says, 'a God of flickering subjectivity'"--Provided by publisher.
Milton, John, 1608-1674
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Milton, John, 1608-1674.
Monotheism in literature.
Religion and poetry.
God in literature.
Christianity and literature
Religion and literature