Contemplation of created things : science in Paradise lost /
It has long been a scholarly commonplace that Milton's scientific knowledge was outmoded, based on medieval, teleological sources. Harinder Singh Marjara's purpose in this study is to show that in writing Paradise Lost Milton was working very much within the mainstream of contemporary seve...
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Toronto :
University of Toronto Press,
1992
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The Ways of Science
- 1. The Poetics of Science
- 2. The Making of Milton's Universe
- Pt. 2. The Physical Universe in Paradise Lost
- 3. Outer Reaches of Milton's Universe
- 4. The Stars and the Sun
- 5. Milton's Dynamic Universe
- 6. Processes of Change
- Pt. 3. Milton's Philosophy of Nature
- 7. Harmony and Vitalism
- 8. The Unity of Nature
- 9. Necessity and Freedom
- 10. Knowledge of Nature
- Pt. 1 The Ways of Science. 1. The Poetics of Science. 2. The Making of Milton's Universe
- Pt. 2. The Physical Universe in Paradise Lost. 3. Outer Reaches of Milton's Universe. 4. The Stars and the Sun. 5. Milton's Dynamic Universe. 6. Processes of Change
- Pt. 3. Milton's Philosophy of Nature. 7. Harmony and Vitalism. 8. The Unity of Nature. 9. Necessity and Freedom. 10. Knowledge of Nature.