Milton and the Natural World
Title | Milton and the Natural World PDF eBook |
Author | Karen L. Edwards |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2005-07-07 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9780521017480 |
Milton and the Natural World overturns prevailing critical assumptions by offering a fresh view of Paradise Lost, in which the representation of Eden's plants and animals is shown to be fully cognizant of the century's new, scientific natural history. The fabulous lore of the old science is wittily debunked, and the poem embraces new imaginative and symbolic possibilities for depicting the natural world, suggested by the speculations of Milton's scientific contemporaries including Robert Boyle, Thomas Browne and John Evelyn. Karen Edwards argues that Milton has represented the natural world in Paradise Lost, with its flowers and trees, insects and beasts, as a text alive with meaning and worthy of close reading.
Sky Above, Earth Below
Title | Sky Above, Earth Below PDF eBook |
Author | John P. Milton |
Publisher | Sentient+ORM |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2006-10-02 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | 1591811422 |
A renowned spiritual teacher guides you on a sacred passage into the temple of nature in this simple yet profound meditation guide. Since the 1940's, meditation master and vision-quest leader John P. Milton has led over 10,000 vision quests into the wilds of Colorado, the Himalayas, Bali, the Arctic, Mexico, and other powerful sites around the world. Now this pathfinder guides readers back to the wilderness within themselves, to discover how they are connected to the vast and wondrous mystery of nature. In Sky Above, Earth Below, Milton shares his Twelve Principles of Natural Liberation, then walks readers through the practice of relaxation, presence, cultivating universal energy, and more. “Written out of boundless reverence for the Earth and life itself, [Milton] transfers the wisdom of Taoism into simple terms accessible to all readers regardless of personal background” (Midwest Book Review).
Paradise Lost. Book 10
Title | Paradise Lost. Book 10 PDF eBook |
Author | John Milton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN |
Poetry and Ecology in the Age of Milton and Marvell
Title | Poetry and Ecology in the Age of Milton and Marvell PDF eBook |
Author | Diane Kelsey McColley |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 493 |
Release | 2017-03-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1351910639 |
The focus of this study is the perception of nature in the language of poetry and the languages of natural philosophy, technology, theology, and global exploration, primarily in seventeenth-century England. Its premise is that language and the perception of nature vitally affect each other and that seventeenth-century poets, primarily John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Henry Vaughan, but also Margaret Cavendish, Thomas Traherne, Anne Finch, and others, responded to experimental proto-science and new technology in ways that we now call 'ecological' - concerned with watersheds and habitats and the lives of all creatures. It provides close readings of works by these poets in the contexts of natural history, philosophy, and theology as well as technology and land use, showing how they responded to what are currently considered ecological issues: deforestation, mining, air pollution, drainage of wetlands, destruction of habitats, the sentience and intelligence of animals, overbuilding, global commerce, the politics of land use, and relations between social justice and justice towards the other-than-human world. In this important book, Diane McColley demonstrates the language of poetry, the language of responsible science, and the language of moral and political philosophy all to be necessary parts of public discourse.
Back to the Garden
Title | Back to the Garden PDF eBook |
Author | Clara Hume |
Publisher | |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2013-05-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781927685006 |
Clara Hume's novel takes the reader through apocalyptic America after climate change and other ecological disasters have greatly altered the planet. A group of survivors heads out to find loved ones, meanwhile facing painfully nostalgic memories of a better world as well as struggling through personal loss and tragedy. Across fierce deserts and ghost towns, contaminated lakes and rivers, and deplorable faces of death, the group develops surprising relationships and resolutions. Back to the Garden presents a frightening and tragic possibility for our future but doesn't ignore our affirmative connection to nature and other people. The novel attempts to open people's eyes to the importance of respecting limits, before it's too late.
The Essentials of Nature Photography
Title | The Essentials of Nature Photography PDF eBook |
Author | Milton Heiberg |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Nature photography |
ISBN | 9781890309534 |
Milton on the Nature of Man
Title | Milton on the Nature of Man PDF eBook |
Author | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 33 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | |
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