Author: Steadman, John M.
Title: Milton and the Paradoxes of Renaissance Heroism
Description: Baton Rouge [LA], Louisiana State Univ. Press, (1987). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, ix, 264 pp. Minor rubbing. Some small light spots to binding. VG. dustwrapp ¶ Contents: Renaissance Heroic Paradigms: Action & Contemplation: The Arming of an Archetype: Heroic Virtue in Renaissance Epic; Achilles in Renaissance Tradition; Bacon & the Scientist as Hero; The Tempter as Anti- Hero; Satan & the Unjust Discourse; Rhetoric & Character in Paradise Lost; Greatness of Mind: Samson Agonistes & Paradise Regained; Heroes & Orators: Dialectical Process in Milton's Major Poetry; Paradise Regained: The Crossroads Motif & the Ordeal of Initial Choice; Satanic Paideia: The Devil as Humanist; Paradoxes of Magnanimity: Heroic Action & Inaction in Samson Agonistes.

Keywords: Literary Criticism, English Literature, Epic Poetry, John Milton, Renaissance, Heroic Virtue, Heroes Heroism, Courage,