Milton's Ontology, Cosmogony, and Physics - Paperback

by Walter Clyde Curry (Author)

Walter Clyde Curry, a well-known student of Milton, analyzes the origins and unique construction of the grand stage upon which Milton presents the drama of human destiny in Paradise Lost. Through close examination of four entities-Heaven of Heavens, Hell, chaos, and the World-a greatly expanded view is provided of the poet's concept of space and God's relation to total creation. In facing structural and philosophical problems Milton is shown to be neither a materialist, nor an eclectic, nor a pa

Author Biography

Walter Clyde Curry retired from the headship of the English department of Vanderbilt University in 1955, after having served the university for forty years. His books include Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences and Shakespeare's Philosophical Patterns.