Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. A Tribute to Richard J. DuRocher, 1955–2010 vii
4. Introduction xv
5. Part One: Reading Violence
6. 1. Inviting Rival Hermeneutics 1
7. 2. “A Table Richly Spread” 17
8. 3. Dead Shepherd 31
9. 4. Toward Latinitas 57
10. Part Two: Reading Paradise Lost
11. 5. Interpreting God’s Word — and Words — in Paradise Lost 77
12. Sites of Contention in Paradise Lost 101
13. 7. Narrative, Judgment, and Justice in Paradise Lost 135
14. Part Three: Reading Cruxes in Milton’s Major Poems
15. 8. Rethinking “shee for God in him” 159
16. 9. Fame, Shame, and the Importance of Community in Samson Agonistes 183
17. 10. Satan in Paradise Regained 205
18. 11. Hermes’s Blessed Retreat 225
19. Notes 239
20. About the Contributors 265
21. Index 269