Milton, Materialism, and Embodiment (One First Matter All)

Synopsis

Bringing Together Eight Original Essays From Leading And Emerging Miltonists, This Volume Explores A Second Wave Of Critical Thought About Milton's Monist Materialism, The View That All Existence Arises From A Single Substance Or Reality. Contributors Examine Sensory Matters Of Fragrance And Sound, The Literary Politics Of Walking And Of Sexual Reproduction, The Ontology Of Embodiment As Human Beings And Angels, And The Appropriation Of Milton's Materialism By Both Early Mormons In The Nineteenth Century And Fringe Figures Such As Gun Enthusiasts In The Twentieth. In So Doing, They Demonstrate The Ongoing Relevance Of Milton's Writings In The History Of Views Of Embodiment And Materialist Thought. -- Penn State University Press Introduction: One First Matter All -- Materiality And The Senses. The Fragrance Of The Fall / Lauren Shohet -- Sound As Matter: Milton, Music, And Monism / Seth Herbst -- Human Embodiment. Milton On The Move: Walking And Self-knowledge In Paradise Lost / Ryan Hackenbracht -- Radical Relations: The Genealogical Imaginary And Queer Kinship In Milton's Paradise Regained / Erin Murphy -- Angelic Embodiment. Milton's Strange Angels / Rebecca Buckham -- Dark Looks And Red Smiles: Homeric Gesture And The Problem Of Milton's Angels / Lara Dodds -- Milton's Materialism Redux. One Elementary Simple Substance: Orson Pratt, Parley Pratt, And The Miltonic Origins Of Mormon Materialism / John Rogers -- The Scanning Of Error: Areopagitica And 3-d Printing / David A. Harper. Edited By Kevin J. Donovan And Thomas Festa. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.