A collection examining representations of the embodied self in the writings of Milton and his contemporaries.

Part I. 1. The enfolded sublime of incarnate immortality Gardner Campbell; 2. Milton's 'Lycidas', or Edward King's two bodies James Nohrnberg; Part II. 3. Narcissus in the boudoir: Aretino's Petrarchan postures Gordon Braden; 4. Carnality into creativity: sublimation in John Bunyan's 'Apology' to The Pilgrim's Progress Vera Camden; 5. Milton's beautiful body Gregory Chaplin; 6. The fortunate, unfortunate fall and two varieties of immortality in Paradise Lost Stephen M. Fallon; Part III. 7. The miracle in Francis Bacon's natural philosophy Gregory Foran; 8. Flesh made word: pneumatology and Miltonic textuality John Rumrich; 9. Milton beyond iconoclasm David A. Harper; Part IV. 10. Hester Pulter's brave new worlds Louisa Hall; 11. Death-weddings or living books: Cavendish rewriting Donne Dustin Stewart; 12. Paradise Lost and the creation of Mormon theology John Rogers.