Milton and the Culture of ViolenceIn this powerful work of criticism, Lieb explores the culture of violence--shaped by myth as well as historical circumstance--that colors Milton's outlook and permeates his art. In Lieb's view, a central image in Milton's writings is the specter of sparagmos, or bodily mutilation and dismemberment. Tracing this image across Milton's entire career, Lieb offers authoritative new readings of Areopagitica, A Mask, Lycidas, Samson Agonistes, and Paradise Lost, as well as of lesser-known works. |
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... sparagmos undertaken to promote the coming of the new year . Whatever form this sparagmos assumes , the brutality attendant upon the impulse to bodily mutilation and dismemberment is ever present . As Walter F. Otto suggests , " the ...
... sparagmos undertaken to promote the coming of the new year . Whatever form this sparagmos assumes , the brutality attendant upon the impulse to bodily mutilation and dismemberment is ever present . As Walter F. Otto suggests , " the ...
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... sparagmos in Areopagitica . III The sparagmatic mentality made evident in Areopagitica finds expression elsewhere in Milton's writings . As a reflection of that men- tality , Sonnet 18 ( " Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints " ) comes ...
... sparagmos in Areopagitica . III The sparagmatic mentality made evident in Areopagitica finds expression elsewhere in Milton's writings . As a reflection of that men- tality , Sonnet 18 ( " Avenge O Lord thy slaughter'd Saints " ) comes ...
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... sparagmos of the most brutal and devastating kind , or he may marshal those very forces through which sparagmos is executed in order to repristinate himself , his being , his body anew . If Milton was victimized by the forces of spar ...
... sparagmos of the most brutal and devastating kind , or he may marshal those very forces through which sparagmos is executed in order to repristinate himself , his being , his body anew . If Milton was victimized by the forces of spar ...
Contents
The Slaughter of the Saints | 13 |
The Fate of the Poet | 38 |
The Dismemberment of Orpheus | 59 |
Copyright | |
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