Cosmos and Character in Paradise Lost
This book offers a fresh contextual reading of Paradise Lost that suggests that a recovery of the vital intellectual ferment of the new science, magic, and alchemy of the seventeenth century reveals new and unexpected aspects of Milton's cosmos and chaos,
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COSMOS AND CHARACTER IN PARADISE LOST
Copyright © Malabika Sarkar, 2012. All rights reserved.
Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN: 978–1–137–00699–8 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sarkar, Malabika, 1948– Cosmos and character in Paradise Lost / Malabika Sarkar. p. cm. ISBN 978–1–137–00699–8 (alk. paper) 1. Milton, John, 1608–1674. Paradise lost. I. Title. PR3562.S313 2012 821.4—dc23
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Acknowledgments
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1 Introduction
1
2 Invocations: Milton as Moses
21
3 “Unoriginal Night” and Milton’s Chaos
43
4 “This Pendent World”: The Cosmos of Paradise Lost
63
5 “The Visible Diurnal Sphere”: Space and Time
83
6 Satan and Astronomical Signs
107
7 Milton’s Angels and Celestial Motion
125
8 The Galileo Question
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