Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyReassessing the long-accepted division between religion and enlightenment, Ana Acosta here traces a tissue of readings and adaptations of Genesis and Scriptural language from Milton through Rousseau to Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Acosta's interdisciplinary approach places these writers in the broader context of eighteenth-century political theory, biblical criticism, religious studies and utopianism. Establishing the relationship between biblical criticism and republican utopias, Acosta shows that important utopian visions are better understood against the background of Genesis interpretation. |
Contents
Genesis in the Eighteenth Century | 9 |
1 | 27 |
Dr Miltons Guide or the Utopia Within | 51 |
The Passion of JeanJacques Rousseau or the Dystopia Within | 89 |
Wollstonecrafts Body Politics or Philosophy in the Bedroom | 127 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary Shelley |
| Author | Ana M. Acosta |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 |
| ISBN | 0754656136, 9780754656135 |
| Length | 207 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Biblical Studies / Old Testament |
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