Milton's Wisdom: Nature and Scripture in Paradise LostMilton's Wisdom examines the poet's use of the traditional notion that the eternal wisdom of God expressed itself in the "books" of nature and Scripture. It is the first study to draw attention to Milton's extensive use of biblical wisdom literature in his dramatization of Adam and Eve's education, their fall, and their reconciliation with one another and with God. The author looks at the ways theological and hence epistemological questions converge on and are generated by Adam's, Eve's, and Satan's responses to the world they see around them and to the words God and his emissaries speak to them. Reichert argues that the nature/Scripture dichotomy informs the symmetrical structure of the twelve books of Milton's epic. Milton's Wisdom challenges previous readings that have tried to ally Milton with the Puritans' strict theology of the word. Reichert has shifted our attention away from literary and historical theory and back to the experience of the poem as a whole. |
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Page 151
... Adam's fall this concise analysis may omit , the contrast it states is clear enough . Adam disobeys God in order to be with Eve . He is not deceived . On the assumption that Milton took his scriptural source seriously , it be- hooves us ...
... Adam's fall this concise analysis may omit , the contrast it states is clear enough . Adam disobeys God in order to be with Eve . He is not deceived . On the assumption that Milton took his scriptural source seriously , it be- hooves us ...
Page 164
... Adam spake like Adam the words of flesh and bones , the shell and rinde of matrimony ; but God spake like God , of love and solace and meet help , the soul both of Adam's words and of matrimony.40 Adam's words , that is , though on the ...
... Adam spake like Adam the words of flesh and bones , the shell and rinde of matrimony ; but God spake like God , of love and solace and meet help , the soul both of Adam's words and of matrimony.40 Adam's words , that is , though on the ...
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... Adam's fall , or , in Adam's words , to " that which before us lies in daily life . ” Yet there is a curious disproportion between the great care Raphael takes in instructing Adam in the purposes of inquiry - particularly in view of the ...
... Adam's fall , or , in Adam's words , to " that which before us lies in daily life . ” Yet there is a curious disproportion between the great care Raphael takes in instructing Adam in the purposes of inquiry - particularly in view of the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Paradise Lost | 51 |
Meditating on the Creatures Part | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Adam and Eve Adam's angels answer appears beauty become beginning Book bring calls chapter conversation course created creation creatures death describes desire divine earth effect emphasis Eve's evil expressed eyes face fact fair faith Fall fallen Father fear feel follow fruit given gives God's grace hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven heavenly human hymn John knowledge leave light lines live look Lord meaning Michael Milton mind morning move nature once opening Paradise Lost passage perhaps phrase poem poet praise prayer present providence question Raphael reader reason reference Satan says Scripture seems seen sense sight speak speech spirit story suggest sweet tells thee things thou thought tree turn understanding University Press unto voice wisdom wonder words
References to this book
All in All: Unity, Diversity, and the Miltonic Perspective Charles W. Durham,Kristin A. Pruitt Limited preview - 1999 |