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Record Nr.

UNINA9910953647003321

Autore

Bryson Michael <1964-, >

Titolo

The atheist Milton / / Michael E. Bryson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-4094-8390-8

1-317-04096-1

1-317-04095-3

1-315-61379-4

1-283-57259-1

9786613885043

1-4094-4702-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

821/.4

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction An Unexpected Journey; 1 Atheism by Any Other Name; 2 The Apophatic Milton; 3 The Gnostic Milton; 4  The Atheist Milton; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Was John Milton-possibly the most famous 'Christian' poet in English literary history-an atheist? Among the author's goals in The Atheist Milton is to account for tensions over the idea of God which, in Bryson's view, go all the way back to Milton's earliest poetry. In this study, he argues such tensions are central to Milton's poetry-and to any attempt to understand that poetry on its own terms.