Milton, Longinus, and the Sublime in the Seventeenth Century

Cover
Classical Presences
Milton, Longinus, and the Sublime in the Seventeenth Century
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations and References
Figures and Tables
Introduction
	The Philology of the Sublime
	The Plan of This Study
1: The Sublime from Antiquity to the Renaissance
	Longinus and Greek Rhetorical Theory
	Longinus and the Sublime in the Renaissance
	The Physical Species of the Sublime
	The Theological Species of the Sublime
2: Milton and the “Stile of Lofty”
	Milton’s Education in the Sublime
	Biblical Sublimity of Style and Milton’s Soaring
	Sublime Style and the Problem of Enthusiasm
	Republicanism, Liberty, and Sublime Rhetoric
3: Sublime Physics in Paradise Lost
	Etna, Typhon, and Satan
	Milton’s Hyperbolic Similes
	Astronomy and the Sublimities of Space
4: Milton and the Theological Sublime
	The “Sublime Notion” of Virginity
	The War in Heaven as Sublime Theomachy
	Milton’s Sublime God
		Timor Dei and Timor Idololatricus
Conclusion
Bibliographical Appendix: Longinus in English Private Libraries to 1674
Textual Appendix: The Landowne Longinus
Works Cited
	I. Manuscripts and Adversaria
	II. Editions of Milton’s Works
	III. Editions and Translations of Longinus
	IV. Seventeenth-Century Book and Manuscript Catalogues
	V. Miscellaneous Printed Primary Sources
	VI. Secondary Sources
Index