Toward Samson Agonistes

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 3*1. "As may stand best with verisimilitude The Imitation of Thought, pg. 8*2. "My self, my Sepulchre, a moving Grave. The Divided Mind, pg. 15*3. My self? my conscience and internal peace. The Tempered Passions, pg. 55*Introduction, pg. 69*4. "So mutable are all the ways of men". God's Design in Human History, the Record of the Past, pg. 71*5. "Wanid by oft experience". God's Promise, the Prophecy of Community, pg. 87*6. "The rarer thy example stands". God's Champion and the State's Deliverer, pg. 102*Introduction, pg. 111*7. "That by occasion hence I might begin Israel's Deliverance". Political Intention in Milton's Shorter Poems, pg. 119*8. "Occasions drew me". Political Intention in Milton's Prose, pg. 145*9. "To what can I be useful, wherein serve My Nation". The Political Significance of Samson Agonistes, pg. 167*Introduction, pg. 183*10. "Apt words have power to swage". Biblical Poetry and Medicinal Truth, pg. 188*11. "Be calm, and healing words ... admit". Biblical Poetry and Moral Example, pg. 227*12. "Samson hath quit himself like Samson". The Ethics of Good Works and the Tragedy of Educative Suffering, pg. 261*Introduction, pg. 269*13. "At least vain reasonings down": Rational Theology and Progressive Revelation, pg. 273*14. "I was ... a person rais'd". Orthodoxy and the Individual Conscience, pg. 313*15. "Perswaded that This was from God". The Role of the Poet, pg. 350*A. A Table of Suggested Sonnet Datings and the Subgroups Into Which They Fall, pg. 366*B. Psalm Citations in Samson Agonistes, pg. 368*C. A Schematic Outline of de Doctrina Christiana, Book II, pg. 383*D. A Topical Synopsis of De Doctrina Christiana, Book I, pg. 386*E. The Date of Composition of Samson Agonistes, pg. 387*Bibliography, pg. 409*Index, pg. 427