Title: Arenas of conflict : Milton and the unfettered mind /
Authors: McColgan, Kristin Pruitt.; Durham, Charles W.
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Milton, John, Criticism and interpretation.; Milton, John, Knowledge and learning.; Great Britain Intellectual life
Abstract: The nineteen essays in this collection explore such varied fields of argument as John Milton's authorship of the Christian Doctrine, his adaptations of source material, his engagement in political controversies, his attitudes toward gender in Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, and his reflection of seventeeth-century obstetrics and anticipation of modern chaos theory in Paradise Lost. In their sometimes complementary, sometimes contradictory, and consistently interrogative views of Milton and his work, these essays offer an "arena of conflict" for future studies.
Contents: "He Ever Was a Dissenter": Milton's Transgressive Maneuvers in Paradise Lost / Joseph Wittreich -- Ramblings in Elucidation of the Authorship of the Christian Doctrine / William B. Hunter -- "Women Are Indebted to Milton": Milton and Woman's Rights in the Nineteenth Century / David Boocker -- Milton's History of Britain and the One Just Man / Blake Greenway -- "An Equal Poise of Hope and Fear": A Fraternal Harmony of Extremes / Jay Russell Curlin -- From Woman Warrior to Warrior Reasoner: Lady Alice and Intellectual Freedom in A Mask / Hope A. Parisi -- "Freely We Serve": Paradise Lost and the Paradoxes of Political Liberty / Steven Jablonski -- The Politics of Love in Paradise Lost / Robert Thomas Fallon -- "Among Unequals What Society": The Dynamics of Punishment in Paradise Lost / Alice M. Mathews -- "The Rising World of Waters Dark and Deep": Chaos Theory and Paradise Lost / Mary F. Norton.