Milton's Peculiar Grace : : Self-Representation and Authority / / Stephen M. Fallon.
Despite writing about himself extensively and repeatedly, John Milton, the archetypal Puritan author, resolutely avoids the obligatory Augustinian narrative of sinfulness, conviction of sin, reception of the Word, regeneration of the spirit, and sanctification. The doctrine of fall, grace, and regen...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: The Anomalous Milton
- Acknowledgments
- Texts and Abbreviations
- 1. Self-Representation, Intention, and Authority
- 2. The Least of Sinners: Milton in Context
- 3. “Himself before Himself ”: The Early Works
- 4. “Kingdom of Free Spirits”: The Anti-Prelatical Works
- 5. “The Spur of Self-Concernment”: The Works on Domestic Liberty
- 6. “It Was I and No Other”: Interregnum Prose
- 7. “Elect above the Rest”: De Doctrina Christiana and Paradise Lost
- 8. “If All Be Mine”: Confi dence and Anxiety in Paradise Lost
- 9. “I as All Others”: Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes
- Epilogue
- Index