Inviting rival hermeneutics: Milton's language of violence and the invitation to freedom / Susanne Woods -- "A table richly spread": nature, place, and choice in Milton's nativity ode / Diane McColley -- Dead shepherd: Milton's Lycidas / Gordon Teskey -- Toward Latinitas: revising the Defensio / Hugh Jenkins -- Interpreting God's word---and words---in Paradise lost / Barbara K. Lewalski -- Sites of contention in Paradise lost: scenes of instruction, lessons in interpretation / Joseph Wittreich -- Narrative, judgment, and justice in Paradise lost / William Flesch -- Rethinking "shee for God in him": Paradise lost and Milton's Quaker contemporaries / Teresa Feroli -- Fame, shame, and the importance of community in Samson Agonistes / Margaret Olofson Thickstun -- Satan in Paradise regained: the quest for identity / Stella P. Revard -- Hermes's blessed retreat: rival views of learning in Paradise regained / Richard J. DuRocher.
Summary:
"As these 11 essays demonstrate, Milton's own acts of interpretation in his major works compel readers to reflect not only on the rival hermeneutics they find there, but also to reflect on their own hermeneutic principles and choices -- an interpretive complexity that is integral to the enduring appeal of Milton's poetry"-- Provided by publisher.
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