The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I.	A Short Historical Sketch of Astronomy	1
II.	Astronomy in the Seventeenth Century	45
III.	Milton’s Astronomical Knowledge	81
IV.	Milton and Galileo	113
V.	The Seasons	140
VI.	The Starry Heavens	152
VII.	The Starry Heavens	200
VIII.	Description of Celestial Objects Mentioned in ‘Paradise Lost’	244
IX.	Milton’s Imaginative and Descriptive Astronomy	306

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