Milton's Ontology, Cosmogony, and Physics

Walter Clyde Curry, a well-known student of Milton, analyzes the origins and unique construction of the grand stage upon which Milton presents the drama of human destiny in Paradise Lost. Through close examination of four entities-Heaven of Heavens, Hell, chaos, and the World-a greatly expanded view is provided of the poet's concept of space and God's relation to total creation. In facing structural and philosophical problems Milton is shown to be neither a materialist, nor an eclectic, nor a pa

Author: Walter Clyde Curry
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9780813151878

About the Author

Walter Clyde Curry retired from the headship of the English department of Vanderbilt University in 1955, after having served the university for forty years. His books include Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences and Shakespeare's Philosophical Patterns.

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