Milton and the Reformation aesthetics of the passion - Henriksen, Erin. (Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010)
Introduction: Milton's poetics of absence and restoration -- Strategies for depicting the Son in Christian art -- Iconoclasm as an artistic strategy -- The post-Reformation passion -- Milton's alternative passion -- "No death!" : rewriting the Protestant elegy in Milton's early poems -- The art of omission and supplement in Paradise lost -- Paradise regained and the art of the incarnation -- Rewriting the Christus patiens tradition in Samson agonistes -- Epilogue: Broken and whole.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-209) and index.
Keywords: Milton, John, -- 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation; Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Devotional literature, English -- History and criticism