Trials of Nature: The Infinite Law Court of Milton's Paradise Lost

by Bj�rn Quiring and Björn Quiring

Focusing on John Milton's Paradise Lost, this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law - an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature. In an enormous variety of texts, from the Greek beginnings of Western literature onward, nature has been described as a courtroom in which an all- encompassing trial takes place and a universal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367344424
• ISBN13: 9780367344429
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"