Lieb, Michael 1940-

Achievements of the left hand: essays on the prose of John Milton by Michael Lieb ( Book )
3 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 1,016 libraries worldwide

Poetics of the holy : a reading of Paradise lost by Michael Lieb ( Book )
3 editions published in 1981 in English and held by 785 libraries worldwide

The dialectics of creation; patterns of birth & regeneration in Paradise lost by Michael Lieb ( Book )
5 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 722 libraries worldwide

Theological Milton : deity, discourse and heresy in the Miltonic canon by Michael Lieb ( Book )
4 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 584 libraries worldwide
"Literature and theology are inextricably intertwined in this study of the figure of God as a literary character in the writings of John Milton"--Provided by publisher.

Milton and the culture of violence by Michael Lieb ( Book )
3 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 461 libraries worldwide
In this powerful work of criticism, Michael Lieb explores the culture of violence - shaped by myth as well as historical circumstance - that colors Milton's outlook and permeates his art. In Lieb's view, a central image in Milton's writings is the specter of sparagmos, or bodily mutilation and dismemberment. Tracing this image across Milton's entire career, Lieb offers authoritative new readings of Areopagitica, A Mask, Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost, as well as of lesser-known works. Milton, says Lieb, perceived himself as besieged by brutal forces constantly threatening his body and mind with dissolution. Lieb shows how Milton strove, in his poetry and polemical prose writings, to overcome these forces. Accompanying the preoccupation with wholeness that underlay Milton's sense of self, Lieb asserts, was a profound concern with sexuality. At the root of the culture of violence that Milton experienced, ambivalence over the bisexuality of his identity proved crucial to his conduct as an individual and as a writer. Lieb regards Milton's complex response to his gendered self as a key to interpreting the themes of bodily mutilation and dismemberment which inform his work.

The sinews of Ulysses : form and convention in Milton's works by Michael Lieb ( Book )
6 editions published between 1988 and 1989 in English and held by 448 libraries worldwide

Milton and the grounds of contention ( Book )
4 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 417 libraries worldwide

Milton in the age of Fish : essays on authorship, text, and terrorism ( Book )
6 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 387 libraries worldwide

Literary Milton : text, pretext, context ( Book )
5 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 385 libraries worldwide

Children of Ezekiel : aliens, UFOs, the crisis of race, and the advent of end time by Michael Lieb ( Book )
3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 365 libraries worldwide