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Named Person: | John Milton |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas Ramey Watson |
ISBN: | 9780761837817 0761837817 |
OCLC Number: | 470951764 |
Notes: | Bibliogr. p. 173-179. Index. |
Description: | 1 v. (IX-188 p.) ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Part 1 Foreword Part 2 Preface Part 3 Acknowledgements Chapter 4 Milton, Typology, and Sign Theory Chapter 5 From Hell to Heaven: The Two Cities in Opposition in Paradise Lost Chapter 6 Earth: Where Hell Meets Heaven Chapter 7 The City of God Begins Its Heavenly Triumph over the City of Man on Earth Chapter 8 Repairing the Ruins Part 9 Selected Bibliography Part 10 Index |
Responsibility: | Thomas Ramey Watson. |
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For those readers of Milton who know little about the Augustinian tradition, this study provides a necessary background against which to appreciate the structure and thematic content of Paradise Lost. * Renaissance Quarterly * The remarkable achievement of this manuscript is to explicate how "signs" are evident in the very language of the epic, how, that is, the very language is informed with significance. The book develops "sign theory" with reference to Paradise Lost in exciting and new directions. No other study, to my knowledge, is as comprehensive and systematic and detailed in doing so. The research is extensive, the citations from secondary resources are apt, and the contributions in original thinking and interpretations are extraordinary. -- Albert C. Labriola, professor of English and Distinguished University Professor, Duquesne University; editor of Milton Studies; Honored Scholar of the Milton Society for 2000 Read more...

