Milton and Isaiah: A Journey Through the Drama of Salvation in Paradise LostThis book compares Milton's Paradise Lost and the Book of Isaiah, by illustrating that both reflect the essential points of the whole Bible - rebellion, retribution, repentance, and restoration. Thematically, Milton's epic can be called a drama of salvation, which not only re-creates the Genesis story of the Fall of man, but also connects that first episode to the final restoration through Christ. What this study finds in Isaiah and Milton are theological themes and doctrines as the prophetic voice, the providential view of history, disobedience, the «saving remnant», the leader who is paradoxically a Suffering Servant, and the key virtue of humility. In this reading of Paradise Lost, Milton moves beyond the privileging of political activism to a position in which he gives absolute value to the reformation of the individual soul or, as the author terms it, the «inner self». |
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... tion in human history , " built around a single organizing pattern whose key points are creation , fall , redemption , and apocalypse . " 3 In other words , the poem is a reflection of the dramatic work of God , a work incompre ...
... tion in human history , " built around a single organizing pattern whose key points are creation , fall , redemption , and apocalypse . " 3 In other words , the poem is a reflection of the dramatic work of God , a work incompre ...
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... tion was a result of his earlier political involvement with the Common- wealth , this indicates Milton's transformation from a proud and active republican confident of a man - made Puritan ideal society to a humble and isolated ...
... tion was a result of his earlier political involvement with the Common- wealth , this indicates Milton's transformation from a proud and active republican confident of a man - made Puritan ideal society to a humble and isolated ...
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... tion of the aching void in the hearts of Adam and Eve , a universal human feeling , which they first experience , when they leave one world behind and face another before them . In this chapter , I have discussed Paradise Lost as a ...
... tion of the aching void in the hearts of Adam and Eve , a universal human feeling , which they first experience , when they leave one world behind and face another before them . In this chapter , I have discussed Paradise Lost as a ...
Contents
Two Pride and Humility | 31 |
Three Sin and Repentance | 59 |
Four The Paradise Within | 83 |
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