Milton Against Humility?: Milton's Paradise Epics and a Poetics of Humility

This paper sketches an account of Milton's poetics of humility in his epic poems, Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. Resisting an argument that Milton rejects humility in favor of classical values, I argue that Milton retrieves dimensions of humility that were eclipsed by Reformation emphases...

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Main Author: Schubert, Melissa (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Notre Dame 2019
In: Religion & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 47-67
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
NBF Christology
Further subjects:B Humanists
B Christianity
B Cultural History
B JUDEO-Christian tradition
B Christian Ethics