Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter ii
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction xiii
5. Notes and Abbreviations xxv
6. 1. The University Years: Milton and Seventeenth- Century Aristotelianism at Cambridge 1
7. 2. Milton’s Metaphysic and Linguistic Practice in Paradise Lost 40
8. 3. Milton’s Early Poems: The Agon Between Plato and Aristotle 81
9. 4. Milton on the Soul 113
10. 5. Milton’s Angelology: Intelligential Substance in Paradise Lost 158
11. 6. From Angels to the Almighty: Accommodation and the Problem of Narrative Intelligibility 196
12. 7. Prime Matter, Subject of Chaos 231
13. Conclusion 280
14. Notes 285
15. Bibliography 347
16. Index 393