Milton's Messiah: The Son of God in the Works of John Milton by Russell M. Hilli

by Russell M. Hilli

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Milton's Messiah by Russell M. Hillier Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Milton s Messiah provides the first comprehensive book-length analysis of the nature and significance of the Son of God in Milton s poetry and theology. It argues for a radical reassessment of Milton s doctrine of the atonement and its importance for understanding his poetics. Publisher Description Milton s Messiah provides the first comprehensive book-length analysis of the nature and significance of the Son of God in Milton s poetry and theology. The book engages with Biblical and Patristic theology, Reformation and post-Reformation thought, and the original Latin of the treatise De Doctrina Christiana, to argue for a radical reassessment of Milton s doctrine of the atonement and its importance for understanding Milton s poetics. In thefootsteps of Dennis Danielson s Milton s Good God, this study responds to William Empson s celebrated portrayal of Milton s God as a deity invoking dread and awe, and instead locates the ultimately affirming presence ofmercy, grace, and charity in Milton s epic vision. Challenging the attribution of an Arian or Socinian model to Milton s conception of the Son, this interdisciplinary interpretation marshals theological, philological, philosophical, and literary-critical methods to establish, for the first time, not only the centrality of the Son and his salvific office for Milton s oeuvre, but also the variety of ways i

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2011
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199591886
• Condition: Fine

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