Puritan Legacies: Paradise Lost and the New England Tradition, 1630-1890Using "Paradise Lost" as a touchstone first to the English Revolution and second to the way that revolution was transferred to America, Stavely convincingly argues that the "structure of feeling" embodied in the poem persists through three centuries ofAmerican culture. His discussion of Puritan radicalism in New England and, more importantly, his detailed case studies of Marlborough and Westborough, Massachusetts, which he investigates and understands by constant reference to Milton's great poem, display his strong gifts as both literary critic and intellectual historian. Puritan Legacies is a challenging example of the "New Historicism" we have so long needed. |
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Page 54
... Fall is not caused by an externalized enemy . Rather , it unfolds from deep within the essential Puritan social con- figuration.14 Satan's function is to concentrate and distill those psy- chosocial and ideological tensions that have ...
... Fall is not caused by an externalized enemy . Rather , it unfolds from deep within the essential Puritan social con- figuration.14 Satan's function is to concentrate and distill those psy- chosocial and ideological tensions that have ...
Page 72
... fall of Satan here in Book V shows Milton's recognition of the deeply ambig- uous nature of Protestant and Puritan ... falls Into utter darkness , deep engulfed , his place 11The fact that the angelic flags “ can record acts of virtue as ...
... fall of Satan here in Book V shows Milton's recognition of the deeply ambig- uous nature of Protestant and Puritan ... falls Into utter darkness , deep engulfed , his place 11The fact that the angelic flags “ can record acts of virtue as ...
Page 274
... Fall itself , it records the real vicissitudes of specifically Puritan existence . Without engaging in the least ... falling dead of a stroke . Similarly , Adam is not being merely self - serving in his re- sponse to divine interrogation ...
... Fall itself , it records the real vicissitudes of specifically Puritan existence . Without engaging in the least ... falling dead of a stroke . Similarly , Adam is not being merely self - serving in his re- sponse to divine interrogation ...
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Puritan Legacies: Paradise Lost and the New England Tradition, 1630-1890 Keith W. Stavely No preview available - 1990 |
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