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Paradise lost and republican tradition from Aristotle to Machiavelli / William Walker.
- Title
- Paradise lost and republican tradition from Aristotle to Machiavelli / William Walker.
- Author
- Walker, William, 1958-
- Publication
- Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, ©2009.
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- Description
- xii, 332 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This major interdisciplinary study re-examines the political thought of John Milton, one of the celebrated proponents of the 'Commonwealth and Free State' that was established in England in the mid-seventeenth century. Walker shows that in his epic poem, Paradise Lost (1667), Milton presents a heterodox Protestant vision of politics. This vision differs radically from the vision of politics presented by republicans from Aristotle to Machiavelli, and by Milton himself in his major political prose. The study is based on close readings of primary texts and scholarship in literary criticism, philosophy, theology, and the history of political thought. It is thus a powerful challenge to the current consensus on Milton's republicanism, his Christian humanism, and the shape of his oeuvre. It is, in addition, an important contribution to our understanding of a tradition of political thought that continues to inform modern republics."--Jacket
- Series Statement
- Cursor mundi ; v. 6
- Uniform Title
- Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) v. 6.
- Subject
- Milton, John, 1608-1674 > Political and social views
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Milton, John 1608-1674
- Milton, John
- Paradise lost (Milton, John)
- Republicanism > Philosophy
- Republicanism in literature
- Republicanism > History
- Républicanisme > Philosophie
- Républicanisme dans la littérature
- Républicanisme > Histoire
- Political and social views
- Republicanism
- Republicanism > Philosophy
- Politische Philosophie
- Republikanismus
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Human Nature. Republican Tradition ; Paradise Lost, Unfallen Mankind ; Paradise Lost, Fallen Mankind -- Virtue. Republican Tradition ; Paradise Lost, Unfallen Mankind ; Paradise Lost, Fallen Mankind -- Forms of Government. Republican Tradition ; Paradise Lost -- Civil Liberty. Republican Tradition ; Paradise Lost -- History. Republican Tradition ; Paradise Lost.
- ISBN
- 9782503528779
- 2503528775
- LCCN
- 2010290936
- OCLC
- 437084131
- SCSB-12678801
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library