In his authoritative volume, Filippo Falcone traces the concept of Christian liberty in Milton's work, from the early prose tracts to the literary and theological complexities of 'Paradise Lost'. Traditional liberalist readings of Milton have seen his tireless defence of liberty in all areas of social and political life during the years of England's Interregnum as the result of a conception of individual liberty as only fully definable within the context of public liberties. 'Milton's Inward Liberty' offers a powerful reassessment of such readings, arguing that true individual liberty is more...
In his authoritative volume, Filippo Falcone traces the concept of Christian liberty in Milton's work, from the early prose tracts to the literary and...
What is true liberty? Milton labors to provide an answer, and his answer becomes the ruling principle behind both prose works and poetry. The scholarly community has largely read liberty in Milton retrospectively through the spectacles of liberalism. In so doing, it has failed to emphasize that the Christian paradigm of liberty speaks of an inward microcosm, a place of freedom whose precincts are defined by mans fellowship with God. All other forms of freedom relate to the outer world, be they freedom to choose the good, absence of external constraint and oppression, or freedom of...
What is true liberty? Milton labors to provide an answer, and his answer becomes the ruling principle behind both prose works and poetry. The scholarl...
