Milton and ecology

Milton and ecology

by Hiltner, Ken

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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 argues that Milton anticipates certain essential modern ecological arguments.

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  • Full title :Milton and ecology / Ken Hiltner.

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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 argues that Milton anticipates certain essential modern ecological arguments.

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  • Publication Date:2003.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (ix, 165 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0511062931, 9780511062933, 0511121628, 9780511121623, 0511071396, 9780511071393, 9780511483639, 0511483635, 1107138914, 9781107138919, 1280161590, 9781280161599, 0511205392, 9780511205392, 0511308302, 9780511308307
  • oclc:ocm57300168
  • LC Classification:PR3592.N2
  • Dewey Decimal:821/.4

Table of Contents

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; 1 Place defined: the ecological importance of place; 2 Place given: Eve as the garden's spirit of place; 3 Place lost: Eve's Fall as an uprooting; 4 Place regained: Sabrina puts down roots; 5 The New Testament's call to place: Paul's and Luther's deconstructions; 6 Rejecting the placeless ancient doctrines: confusing Paradise Regained; 7 The Old Testament's call to place: Job's wisdom in Milton's poetry; 8 The influence of time on place: forbidding unripe fruit.

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Écologie -- Dans la littérature Ecology in literature Éden dans la littérature Eden in literature Environmental protection in literature Environnement -- Protection, dans la li… Homme -- Influence sur la nature Milton, John Natural history Nature -- Effect of human beings on Nature dans la littérature Nature in literature Paradis -- Dans la littérature Paradise in literature Philosophie de la nature dans la littér… Philosophy Philosophy of nature in literature POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Wel…

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Hiltner, Ken

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