Destabilizing Milton

1. Introduction
Peter C. Herman

2. “Warring Chains of Signifiers”: Metaphoric Ambivalence and the Politics of Paradise Lost
Peter C. Herman

3. Paradise Lost, the Miltonic “Or,” and the Poetics of Incertitude
Peter C. Herman

4. “England a Free Nation”: Milton’s Prose and the Ancient Constitution
Peter C. Herman

5. “New Laws, New Counsels”: The Problem of Politics in Paradise Lost
Peter C. Herman

6. Incertitude, Authority, and Milton’s God
Peter C. Herman

7. “The More to Draw His Love”: Paradise Lost and the Critique of Misogyny
Peter C. Herman

8. Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Conclusion of Milton’s Career
Peter C. Herman

Avainsanat: Literature, British and Irish Literature, Poetry and Poetics, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature