Milton and Heresy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521100939)

It is distinctly paradoxical that John Milton--who opposed infant baptism, supported regicide, defended divorce and approved of polygamy--should be heard as a voice of orthodoxy. Yet modern scholarship has often understated or explained away his heretical opinions. This collection of essays investigates aspects of his works inconsistent with conventional beliefs, showing how Milton, as poet, thinker and public servant, eschewed dogma and regarded indeterminacy and uncertainty as fundamental to human existence.

Author: Stephen B. Dobranski
ISBN-10: 0521100933
ISBN-13: 9780521100939
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/05/2009
Pages: 284
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d