Milton and Augustine: Patterns of Augustinian Thought in Milton's Paradise Lost

by Peter Amadeus Fiore

The first complete study of the influence of Augustine "the most judicious of all the Church Fathers" on Milton's epic of the Fall of Man, this book presents a detailed investigation of the principal dogmatic concepts in Paradise Lost studied against the background of Augustinian theology. Professor Fiore shows how Milton unlike most other Puritans, and like Augustine always emphasized the hope in "God's infinite mercy." Both men were fundamentally...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271002697
• ISBN13: 9780271002699
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"