{"product_id":"milton-and-the-natural-world-science-and-poetry-in-paradise-lost-hardback-9780521643597","title":"Milton and the Natural World; Science and Poetry in Paradise Lost (Hardback) 9780521643597","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMilton and the Natural World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScience and Poetry in Paradise Lost\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExamines Paradise Lost's depiction of Eden in the light of contemporary scientific natural history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKaren L. Edwards (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521643597, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 March 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 18 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 2.2 cm, 0.505 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'Full of quirky detail and careful research … one does not have to agree with every reading to appreciate the importance of intelligent questioning to the future of Milton studies, and it is high praise to say that Edwards succeeds in giving us a fresh appreciation of Paradise Lost.' Margaret Kean, The Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMilton and the Natural World overturns prevailing critical assumptions by offering a fresh view of Paradise Lost, in which the representation of Eden's plants and animals is shown to be fully cognizant of the century's new, scientific natural history. The fabulous lore of the old science is wittily debunked, and the poem embraces new imaginative and symbolic possibilities for depicting the natural world, suggested by the speculations of Milton's scientific contemporaries including Robert Boyle, Thomas Browne and John Evelyn. Karen Edwards argues that Milton has represented the natural world in Paradise Lost, with its flowers and trees, insects and beasts, as a text alive with meaning and worthy of close reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Re-reading the Book of the World: 1. Corrupting experience: Satan and Eve\u003cbr\u003e 2. Experimentalists and the book of the world\u003cbr\u003e 3. The place of experimental reading\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Reforming Animals: 4. Milton's complicated serpents\u003cbr\u003e 5. New uses for monstrous lore\u003cbr\u003e 6. From rarities to representatives\u003cbr\u003e 7. Rehabilitating the political animal\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Transplanting the Garden. 8. Naming and not naming\u003cbr\u003e 9. Botanical discretion\u003cbr\u003e 10. Flourishing colors\u003cbr\u003e 11. The balm of life\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\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":46251974623512,"sku":"9780521643597","price":73.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521643597i.jpg?v=1691927718","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/milton-and-the-natural-world-science-and-poetry-in-paradise-lost-hardback-9780521643597","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}