Milton and the Manuscript of De Doctrina Christiana [Hardcover]

Debate about the authorship of the manuscript known to us asDe Doctrina Christianahas bedeviled Milton studies over recent years. In this book four leading scholars give an account of the research project that demonstrated its Miltonic provenance beyond reasonable doubt. But the authors do much more besides, locating Milton's systematic theology in its broader European context, picking open the stages and processes of its composition, and analyzing its Latinity.

Preface
Citations and Abbreviations
List of Tables and Figures
1. The controversy
2. The history of the manuscript
3. The making of the manuscript
4. Stylometric analysis
5. The theology of the manuscript
6. The Latin style
7. Conclusions
Bibliography
The authors

We have every reason to be grateful for the attention this book has lavished on its study of the manuscript of Milton's best and richest possession. As a result of the impressive care and precision, the authors ofMilton and the Manuscripthave brought to so many aspects of the theological treatise, the authorship question hovering over Milton studies has now been authoritatively resolved. --Milton Quarterly

Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at University of Leicester. His work on Milton includes a revised edition of W.R. Parker's two-volume life of Milton (OUP), the entries on Milton and his circle for the new OxfordDictionary of National Biography, editions of Milton'sCompletePoemsandComplete English Poems(Everyman), a compilation of the Miltonic life records inA Milton Chronology(Macmillan), a collaborative edition of the poems of Edward King (Milton's Lycidas), and scores of articles in learned journals. In 2005 he was elected as the Honored Scholar of the Milton Society of America.
Thomas Corns is Professor of English and Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of Wales, Bangor. His work on Ml3±