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Björn Quiring

Trials of Nature

The Infinite Law Court of Milton's Paradise Lost. Sprachen: Englisch. 24,0 cm / 16,1 cm / 2,6 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9780367344429

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396 Seiten
Dezember 2020
Routledge

This book investigates the history of the metaphor of nature a courtroom at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature, focusing particularly on Milton's epic, Paradise Lost.

Bjoern Quiring is Assistant Professor of English at Trinity College, Dublin

Introduction: The Divine Contradiction 1. A Short History of the Primordial Law Court of Nature 2. Milton's Wager 3. The Primordial Nature of God 4. The Vacuous Trials of Chaos. 5 The Eternal Word of Creation and the Regimens of Heaven 6. The Growths of Hell 7. Cosmic Redemptions 8. The Process of Paradise 9. The Infinite Judgment of Creation