Milton Music and Literary Interpretation

<p>Milton Music and Literary Interpretation: Reading through the Spirit constructs a musical methodology for interpreting literary text drawn out of John Milton’s poetry and prose. Analyzing the linkage between music and the Holy Spirit in Milton’s work it focuses on harmony and its relationship to Milton’s theology and interpretative practices. Linking both the Spirit and poetic music to Milton’s understanding of teleology it argues that Milton uses musical metaphor to capture the inexpressible characteristics of the divine. The book then applies these musical tools of reading to examine the non-trinitarian union between Father Son and Spirit in <i>Paradise Lost</i> argues that Adam and Eve’s argument does not break their concord and puts forward a reading of <i>Samson Agonistes</i> based upon pity and grace.</p>