The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'
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Astronomy is the oldest and most sublime of all the sciences.
Chinese records of astronomy reveal an Antiquity of near 3,000 years B.C.
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- A SHORT HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ASTRONOMY
- ASTRONOMY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- MILTON’S ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE
- MILTON AND GALILEO
- THE SEASONS
- THE STARRY HEAVENS
- THE STARRY HEAVENS
- THE SUN
- THE MOON
- THE PLANET EARTH[14]
- THE PLANET HESPERUS
- THE PLEIADES
- THE GALAXY
- COMETS
- FALLING STARS
- MILTON’S IMAGINATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY
- FOOTNOTES: