Milton and ecology
by Hiltner, Ken
"In Milton and Ecology, Ken Hiltner engages with literary, theoretical, and historic approaches to explore the ideological underpinnings of our current environmental crisis. Focusing on Milton's rejection of dualistic theology, metaphysical philosophy, and early modern subjectivism, Hiltner agues that Milton anticipates certain essential modern ecological arguments. Even more remarkable is that Milton was able to integrate these arguments with biblical sources so seamlessly that his interpretat…
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- Full title :Milton and ecology / Ken Hiltner.
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"In Milton and Ecology, Ken Hiltner engages with literary, theoretical, and historic approaches to explore the ideological underpinnings of our current environmental crisis. Focusing on Milton's rejection of dualistic theology, metaphysical philosophy, and early modern subjectivism, Hiltner agues that Milton anticipates certain essential modern ecological arguments. Even more remarkable is that Milton was able to integrate these arguments with biblical sources so seamlessly that his interpretative "Green" reading of scripture has for over three centuries been entirely plausible. This study considers how Milton, from the earliest edition of the Poems, not only sought to tell the story of how through humanity's folly Paradise on earth was lost, but also sought to tell how it might be regained. This intriguing study will be of interest to eco-critics and Milton specialists alike."--Jacket.
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- Publication Date:2003.
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- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2003.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 165 pages ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521830710, 9780521830713, 9780521123747, 0521123747
- oclc:ocm52178607
- LC Classification:PR3592.N2
- Dewey Decimal:821.4
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