Milton and monotheism
By: Abraham Stoll.
Series: Medieval & renaissance literary studies
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780820704104
Subjects: Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Religion; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674; Monotheism in literature; Religion and poetry; God in literature; Christianity and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century
Description: "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.
Notes: Based on the author's doctoral thesis, presented to Princeton University, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Polytheism and "truest poesie"; title: The discourse of monotheism : occult monotheism and the abstract godhead; title: God and Genesis 18 in Paradise lost; title: The war in heaven and deism; title: The discourse of monotheism : Socinianism and deism; title: The Son after the Trinity; title: Revelation and Samson's sense of heaven's desertion; title: Monotheism, the sublime, and allegory.