Arenas of Conflict
Subtitle: Milton and the Unfettered Mind
Contributors: Kristin Pruitt McColgan (Editor); Charles W. Durham (Editor)
Publisher: Susquehanna University Press
Published: February 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780945636939
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry; Intellectual life; Milton, John, 1608-1674; English; Literary Criticism; Milton, John,; Knowledge and learning; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Milton, John; 17th century; 1608-1674; Criticism and interpretation; Great Britain
Description: 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 seventeenth-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.