Milton's Peculiar Grace: Self-Representation and Authority

by Stephen M. Fallon

Book Overview

Despite writing about himself extensively and repeatedly, John Milton, the archetypal Puritan author, resolutely avoids the obligatory Augustinian narrative of sinfulness, conviction of sin, reception of the Word, regeneration of the spirit, and sanctification. The doctrine of fall, grace, and regeneration, so well illustrated in Paradise Lost, has no discernible effect on Milton's overt self-representations. Exploring this anomaly in his new book,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080147485X
• ISBN13: 9780801474859
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher