Milton and the Burden of Freedom ISBN-13: 9781107153189

ISBN-13: 9781107153189

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Chernaik, Warren

Release Date: 20-01-2017

Languages: English

Number Of Pages: 282

Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches

Details: Throughout his writings, Milton, deeply engaged in political and theological controversy, sought to clear a space for human freedom in a world ruled by an omniscient and omnipotent deity. Paradise Lost and Samson Agonistes, as well as other works by Milton in verse and prose, explore the problematical aspects of a universe ruled by an Old Testament God of wrath, demanding obedience, who allows his creatures the freedom to be authors of their own fate. Milton and the Burden of Freedom examines the contradictions inherent in Miltons religious, political, and ethical beliefs as expressed in his poems, prose writings, and the treatise De Doctrina Christiana. Milton, whose writings are rooted in the Reformed tradition while challenging Calvinist orthodoxy, is both radical and conservative. In this book, Warren Chernaik traces the evolution of Miltons attitude towards freedom, servitude and virtue during a century of political upheaval and disappointed hopes.