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Milton and the Natural World: Science and Poetry in Paradise Lost
Hardback
Main Details
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Milton and the Natural World: Science and Poetry in Paradise Lost
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Karen L. Edwards
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:280 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 237,Width 160 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800
Literary studies - poetry and poets |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521643597
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| Classifications | Dewey:821.4 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
18 Halftones, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 March 2000 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Karen Edwards offers a fresh view of Paradise Lost, in which Milton is shown to represent Eden's plants and animals in the light of the century's new, scientific natural history. Debunking the fabulous lore of the old science, the poem embraces new imaginative and symbolic possibilities for depicting the natural world, suggested by the speculations of Milton's scientific contemporaries including Robert Boyle, Thomas Browne and John Evelyn. The natural world in Paradise Lost, with its flowers and trees, insects and beasts, emerges as a text alive with meaning.
Reviews'Full of quirky detail and careful research ... one does not have to agree with every reading to appreciate the importance of intelligent questioning to the future of Milton studies, and it is high praise to say that Edwards succeeds in giving us a fresh appreciation of Paradise Lost.' Margaret Kean, Times Literary Supplement
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