One Flesh: Paradisal Marriage and Sexual Relations in the Age of MiltonMany of the perennial sources of contradiction in the Christian tradition came to a head in the turmoils of Milton's lifetime. Was sexuality the True Paradise or the destroying serpent? Was Paradise lost forever, or could men "force through the Fire-sword" and regain the Edenic state? These questions were particularly urgent for Milton himself, caught up in the problems of a failed marriage but unwilling to give up his vision of Paradisal sexuality. This study of Milton's confrontation with his precursors and contemporaries, noteworthy for its historical detail and intellectual incisiveness, establishes Milton as a monumental but divided figure--torn between radical and conservative mentalities, between eroticism and hatred of the flesh, and between patriarchal and egalitarian conceptions of Paradisal marriage. |
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Page 83
... Calvin presents no evidence for his accusations , which are mostly supplied from ancient heresiology ; the supposedly Libertine pamphlet he quotes refers only to ' the true bond , made in the tree of the cross , which we call " marriage ...
... Calvin presents no evidence for his accusations , which are mostly supplied from ancient heresiology ; the supposedly Libertine pamphlet he quotes refers only to ' the true bond , made in the tree of the cross , which we call " marriage ...
Page 105
... Calvin , for example , had refuted Augustine's narrow inter- pretation by adding a social and spiritual dimension to the reproductive function . Rather than linking procreation only to Eve and spiritual companionship only to Adam , Calvin ...
... Calvin , for example , had refuted Augustine's narrow inter- pretation by adding a social and spiritual dimension to the reproductive function . Rather than linking procreation only to Eve and spiritual companionship only to Adam , Calvin ...
Page 126
... Calvin retorts that the normal method of reproduction ' from putrid seed ' would seem just as absurd if we were not used to it.5 The annihilation of the human race in the Flood ' seems at first sight frivolous ' ( Calvin assumed ...
... Calvin retorts that the normal method of reproduction ' from putrid seed ' would seem just as absurd if we were not used to it.5 The annihilation of the human race in the Flood ' seems at first sight frivolous ' ( Calvin assumed ...
Contents
Scripture and the problem | 10 |
Sexuality and the search | 38 |
Theories of erotic feeling in Augustine Aquinas | 49 |
Copyright | |
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One Flesh: Paradisal Marriage and Sexual Relations in the Age of Milton James Turner No preview available - 1987 |
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