Milton and the Natural World
Subtitle: Science and Poetry in Paradise Lost
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521643597
Subjects: Poetry & poets: 16th to 18th centuries; Poetry; Literary Criticism; Milton, John, 1608-1674; English; British Isles; Literature and science; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism : Poetry; Milton, John; Milton, John, --1608-1674.--Paradise lost; Milton, John,--1608-1674.--Paradise lost; Natural history; England; Science in literature; 1608-1674; 17th century; Fall of man in literature; History; Milton, John,; Paradise lost
First sentence: That Eve praises experience almost immediately after she eats the forbidden fruit has suggested to many readers that Milton intended to criticize experience as a route to wisdom.