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 112
... thee it came and goes : but follow me , And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming , and thy soft embraces , he Whose image thou art , him thou shall enjoy Inseparably thine , to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself , and ...
... thee it came and goes : but follow me , And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming , and thy soft embraces , he Whose image thou art , him thou shall enjoy Inseparably thine , to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself , and ...
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... thee , And for thee , whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity . ( 10.148-51 ) Raphael had recommended " self esteem " to Adam ( 8.572 ) , but Adam esteems Eve above himself , and that fact , while it defines his sin , has ...
... thee , And for thee , whose perfection far excelled Hers in all real dignity . ( 10.148-51 ) Raphael had recommended " self esteem " to Adam ( 8.572 ) , but Adam esteems Eve above himself , and that fact , while it defines his sin , has ...
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... thee , And to the place of judgment will return , There with my cries importune heaven , that all The sentence from thy head removed may light On me , sole cause to thee of all this woe , Me me only just object of his ire . ( 10.914-36 ) ...
... thee , And to the place of judgment will return , There with my cries importune heaven , that all The sentence from thy head removed may light On me , sole cause to thee of all this woe , Me me only just object of his ire . ( 10.914-36 ) ...
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 |