Milton, Materialism, and Embodiment : One First Matter All

Kevin J. Donovan

ISBN 10: 0820707023 / ISBN 13: 9780820707020

Published by Duquesne University Press Jun 2017, 2017

About this Item

Neuware - Original essays explore the concepts of materialism and embodiment as depicted by Milton in his fascinating portraits of humanity's place in the cosmos.

Seller Inventory # 9780820707020

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Milton, Materialism, and Embodiment : One First Matter All
• Publisher: Duquesne University Press Jun 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820707023
• ISBN 13: 9780820707020
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 236W x 163H x 23D millimeters 236 millimeters width by 163 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 788 grams

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Synopsis

Bringing together eight original essays from leading and emerging Miltonists, this volume explores a second wave of critical thought about Milton’s monist materialism, the view that all existence arises from a single substance or reality. Contributors examine sensory matters of fragrance and sound, the literary politics of walking and of sexual reproduction, the ontology of embodiment as human beings and angels, and the appropriation of Milton’s materialism by both early Mormons in the nineteenth century and fringe figures such as gun enthusiasts in the twentieth. In so doing, they demonstrate the ongoing relevance of Milton’s writings in the history of views of embodiment and materialist thought.

About the Authors

Kevin J. Donovan is professor of English and director of graduate studies at Middle Tennessee State University and coeditor of the volume Irish Drama of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.

Thomas Festa is associate professor of English at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author of The End of Learning: Milton and Education and coeditor of Early Modern Women on the Fall: An Anthology.