{"product_id":"milton-and-the-ends-of-time-paperback-9780521180047","title":"Milton and the Ends of Time (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521180047","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMilton and the Ends of Time\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn this text, a team of leading international scholars addresses Milton's treatment of millennial and apocalyptic ideas.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJuliet Cummins (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521180047, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 February 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm, 0.36 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The high quality and diverse disciplines represented in the volume will  appeal to scholars in many fields as well as stimlating new readings by Miltonists.  The work adds a necessary contribution to the complex field of seveteenth-century eschatology.\"   Renaissance Quarterly, Margaret J. Arnold\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn Milton and the Ends of Time, a team of leading international scholars addresses Milton's treatment of millennial and apocalyptic ideas, topics of major importance in the religious and philosophical thought of his day. The subject has wide-ranging ramifications for the interpretation of Milton's poetry and prose, as his speculations on the ends of time played a vital part in shaping the Miltonic quest and vision. This collection thinks critically about Milton's eschatology by arguing that Milton expressed radical millenarian views after the Restoration and by demonstrating the pervasiveness of apocalyptic ideas in Milton's thought. It also provides a broad range of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives; approaches include Milton and the visual arts, Milton's politics and theology, Milton and science and comparative poetics. This volume will be of interest to literary, religious and political historians of the seventeenth century, as well as Milton specialists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of contributors\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: 'Those thoughts that wander through eternity' Juliet Cummins\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Millennium: 1. Milton and the Millennium Barbara K. Lewalski\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mede, Milton and More: Christ's College Millenarians Sarah Hutton\u003cbr\u003e 3. Milton and Millenarianism: from the Nativity Ode to Paradise Regained Stella P. Revard\u003cbr\u003e 4. Astronomical signs in Paradise Lost: Milton, Ophiucus and the Millennial debate Malabika Sarkar\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Millennial moment: Milton vs 'Milton' William B. Hunter\u003cbr\u003e 6. Confusion: the apocalypse, the millennium John T. Shawcross\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Apocalypse: 7. John Martin's apocalyptic illustrations to Paradise Lost Beverley Sherry\u003cbr\u003e 8. The enclosed garden and the apocalypse: immanent versus transcendent time in Milton and Marvell Catherine Gimelli Martin\u003cbr\u003e 9. Matter and apocalyptic transformations in Paradise Lost Juliet Cummins\u003cbr\u003e 10. 'New heavens, new earth': apocalypse and the loss of sacramentality in the Postlapsarian books of Paradise Lost Claude N. Stulting, Jr\u003cbr\u003e 11. The apocalypse in Paradise Regained Ken Simpson\u003cbr\u003e 12. Inspiration and melancholy in Samson Agonistes Karen Edwards\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: 'The Time is Come' David Loewenstein.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46001700798744,"sku":"9780521180047","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521180047i_f2898310-6dd7-482a-b101-0c03e4a3ed06.jpg?v=1691373248","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/milton-and-the-ends-of-time-paperback-9780521180047","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}