War of Titans: Blake’s Critique of Milton and the Politics of ReligionIn a dramatically original analysis, Jackie DiSalvo explores Blake’s reworking of Genesis and Paradise Lost in his prophetic poem The Four Zoas, creating a compelling new reading of both Milton and Blake. With informed argument and provocative insights, DiSalvo shows how Blake’s view of history prefigures the revaluation of our own myths of origin prompted by new political, psychological, and feminist perspectives. |
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... moral self - regulation . His Samson is torn between a divinely ordained mission and the temptations of sloth and seduction.44 The analogy between military and moral discipline dra- matized in Samson Agonistes is expressed in The Reason ...
... moral self - regulation . His Samson is torn between a divinely ordained mission and the temptations of sloth and seduction.44 The analogy between military and moral discipline dra- matized in Samson Agonistes is expressed in The Reason ...
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... moral victories over his own impulses , the poet thought , had pre- pared him for rule over his spiritual inferiors : " Whatever enemy lay within - vain hopes , fears , desires - he had . . . long since reduced to subjection . Commander ...
... moral victories over his own impulses , the poet thought , had pre- pared him for rule over his spiritual inferiors : " Whatever enemy lay within - vain hopes , fears , desires - he had . . . long since reduced to subjection . Commander ...
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... moral instruction of their young , who were often on their own at an early age in the chaotic moral environment of slum rooming houses . And given the misery and hopelessnes of working - class life , a " catch - as - catch - can ...
... moral instruction of their young , who were often on their own at an early age in the chaotic moral environment of slum rooming houses . And given the misery and hopelessnes of working - class life , a " catch - as - catch - can ...
Contents
Critical Introduction | 3 |
Milton and the Line of Prophecy | 21 |
A New Church of the Active Life | 46 |
Copyright | |
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