Twelve essays examine Milton's heretical opinions, focusing on aspects of his career (as poet and political activist) neglected or misconstrued in the attempt to depict him as an orthodox Christian. The heresies examined refer not only to Milton's...
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Twelve essays examine Milton's heretical opinions, focusing on aspects of his career (as poet and political activist) neglected or misconstrued in the attempt to depict him as an orthodox Christian. The heresies examined refer not only to Milton's radical religious opinions, but the volume's dissent from orthodoxies of modern Milton criticism. Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Heretical Milton -- NOTES -- PART I HERETICAL THEOLOGY -- 1. Milton on heresy -- NOTES -- 2. Milton's antiprelatical tracts and the marginality of doctrine -- NOTES -- 3. How radical was the young Milton? -- NOTES -- PART II HERESY AND CONSEQUENCES -- 4. Milton's Arianism: why it matters -- NOTES -- 5. "Elect above the rest": theology as self-representation in Milton -- NOTES -- 6. Milton's kisses -- LYRIC KISSING -- EPIC KISSING -- NOTES -- PART III HERESY AND COMMUNITY -- 7. Licensing Milton's heresy -- MILTON'S LICENSING -- COLLABORATION AND SELF-PROMOTION -- NOTES -- 8. Milton and the rationale of insulting -- TRADITIONS OF INSULTING -- TRADITIONS OF INSULTING: THEORETICAL -- MILTON VERSUS SALMASIUS IN THE FIRST DEFENCE -- MODERATION AND EXCESS WITHIN INSULTING -- NOTES -- 9. Treason against God and state: blasphemy in Milton's culture and Paradise Lost -- CLOSETED PERFORMANCES -- SOME GREAT ACT, OR OF MY DAYS THE LAST -- NOTES -- 10. The politics of performance in the inner theater: Samson Agonistes as closet drama -- CLOSETED PERFORMANCES -- SOME GREAT ACT, OR OF MY DAYS THE LAST -- NOTES -- PART IV READERS OF HERESY -- 11. Asserting eternal providence: John Milton through the window of liberation theology -- INTRODUCTION -- ORIGINAL SIN -- SAMSON AGONISTES: DISCERNING THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES -- THE PEOPLE'S GONSGIENTIZATION -- NOTES -- 12. Milton's transgressive maneuvers: receptions (then and now) and the sexual politics of Paradise Lost -- NOTES -- Index.
