Imperfect sense : the predicament of Milton's irony
Why do we hate Milton's God? The author reengages with a perennial problem in Milton studies, one whose genealogy dates back at least to the Romantics, but which finds its most cogent modern expression in William Empson's revulsion at Milton's God and Stanley Fish's defense.
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PREFACE ix LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiv ONE. Introduction 3 TWO. Milton's God 45 THREE. Milton's Text 94 FOUR. Milton's Speaker 53 FIVE. Milton's Devil 208 SIX. Milton's Eden 283 NOTES 347 INDEX 403