Queer Milton

David L. Orvis is Professor of English at Appalachian State University, USA. He is co-editor of Psalms in the Early Modern World (2011) and The Noble Flame of Katherine Philips: A Poetics of Culture, Politics, and Friendship (2015).

“Stockton assures that the collection’s intention is not to portray Milton as the unitary master of his own meaning. … With respect to this goal, I say with conviction: mission accomplished. I am better off for having met all these queer Miltons, and I commend them to your acquaintance.” (Kent R. Lehnhof, Milton Quarterly, Vol. 53 (4), 2019)

• 1. Rude Milton: Gender, Sexuality, and the Missing Middle of Milton Studies, Erin Murphy.- 2. Queering as Critical Practice in Reading Paradise Lost, Thomas H. Luxon.- 3. Allegories of Breeding: Milton’s Queer Disfigurations, Corey McEleney.- 4. “Overflowing Cups for Amorous Jove”: Abundance and Attraction in Milton’s Elegies, John S. Garrison.- 5. Eros and Anteros: Queer Mutuality in The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, David L. Orvis.- 6. “Fellowships of Joy”: Angelic Union in Paradise Lost, Stephen Guy-Bray.- 7. Virtual or Immediate Touch: Queer Adaptations of Paradise Lost in Science Fiction and Fantasy, Lara Dodds.- 8. “What Hath Night to Do with Sleep?”: Religion and Biopolitics in Milton’s Mask, Melissa E. Sanchez.- 9. What Happened Last Night: Shameful Memories and Miltonic Nationhood, Kyle Pivetti.- 10. Dagon as Queer Assemblage: Effeminacy and Terror in Samson Agonistes, Drew Daniel.- 11. Milton’s Queer Earth: A Geology of Exhausted Life, Steven Swarbrick.