Elements of Science Fiction in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1666), and Margaret Cavendish’s The Description of a New World called the Blazing World (1666)

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Grosman, J. (2015)

Elements of Science Fiction in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1666), and Margaret Cavendish’s The Description of a New World called the Blazing World (1666)

Master thesis | Literary Studies (MA)

This thesis explores intersections between scientific, fictional and religious discourses in Milton's Paradise Lost and Cavendish's Blazing World, and the threat the scientific revolution posed to religion. Especially the development of optical instruments is taken into account.

Science Fiction

Milton

Cavendish

Author: Grosman, J.

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation: Literary Studies English

Supervisors: Pelt, Nadia van

ECTS Credits: 20

Language: en

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Elements of Science Fiction in Milton’s Paradise Lost (1666), and Margaret Cavendish’s The Description of a New World called the Blazing World (1666)