Paradise Lost and the Cosmological Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107033603)

This volume brings John Milton's Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo, whom Milton met and admired: a universe encompassing space travel, an earth that participates vibrantly in the cosmic dance, and stars that are "world s] / Of destined habitation." Milton's bold depiction of our universe as merely a small part of a larger multiverse allows the removal of hell from the center of the earth to a location in the primordial abyss. In this wide-ranging work, Dennis Danielson lucidly unfolds early modern cosmological debates, engaging not only Galileo but also Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and the English Copernicans, thus placing Milton at a rich crossroads of epic poetry and the history of science.

Author: Dennis Danielson
ISBN-10: 1107033608
ISBN-13: 9781107033603
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/06/2014
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d