Milton and scriptural tradition
Subtitle: the Bible into poetry
By: edited by James H. Sims and Leland Ryken.
Contributors: Sims, James H.; Ryken, Leland.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Religion; Bible -- In literature; Bible -- Influence; Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Leland Ryken; title: Scriptural formula and prophetic utterance in Lycidas / Michael Lieb; title: Paradise lost and its biblical epic models / Leland Ryken; title: The council scenes in Paradise lost / Sister M. Christopher Pecheux; title: Creation in reverse : the Book of Job and Paradise lost / Harold Fisch; title: All-interpreting love : God's name in Scripture and in Paradise lost / Michael Fixler; title: The Gospel of John and Paradise regained : Jesus as "True Light" / Stella P. Revard; title: Milton and covenant : the Christian view of Old Testament theology / John T. Shawcross; title: The Miltonic narrator and scriptural tradition : an afterword / James H. Sims.