Danielson, Dennis Richard. Paradise lost and the cosmological revolution

Folger bibliographic ID: 339921
Folger call number: PR3592.S3 D36 2014
Folger holdings ID: 491827

"This volume brings John Milton's Paradise Lost into dialogue with the challenges of cosmology and the world of Galileo, whom Milton met and admired: a universe encompassing space travel, an earth that participates vibrantly in the cosmic dance, and stars that are 'world[s] / Of destined habitation'. Milton's bold depiction of our universe as merely a small part of a larger multiverse allows the removal of hell from the center of the earth to a location in the primordial abyss. In this wide-ranging work, Dennis Danielson lucidly unfolds early modern cosmological debates, engaging not only Galileo but also Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and the English Copernicans, thus placing Milton at a rich crossroads of epic poetry and the history of science"--

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1. The discarded image; 2. Multiverse, chaos, and cosmos; 3. Copernicus and the cosmological bricoleurs; 4. Milton and Galileo revisited (1); 5. Milton and Galileo revisited (2); 6. The sun; 7. Planet Earth; 8. Space flight, ET, and other worlds

Extended title: Paradise lost and the cosmological revolution / Dennis Danielson

Milton, John, 1608-1674 Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 Literature and science Cosmology in literature LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

author: Danielson, Dennis Richard, 1949-
subject: Milton, John, 1608-1674
subject: Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642