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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... sufferings endured by those committed to the fostering of Truth , Milton moves from the tribu- lations imposed upon the ... suffering to books as the embodiment of that life and potency infused in their creators is an awareness of the ...
... sufferings endured by those committed to the fostering of Truth , Milton moves from the tribu- lations imposed upon the ... suffering to books as the embodiment of that life and potency infused in their creators is an awareness of the ...
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... suffer for Truth's sake encounter in their homage to her sacred body . The narrative of the plight of Truth and her votaries encodes a narrative of the sufferings experienced by the martyrs to its cause during Mil- ton's own time . As a ...
... suffer for Truth's sake encounter in their homage to her sacred body . The narrative of the plight of Truth and her votaries encodes a narrative of the sufferings experienced by the martyrs to its cause during Mil- ton's own time . As a ...
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... suffering and the pain of feeling himself mocked and castigated because of it . His immersion in his suffering is uppermost in his mind . Cast into darkness , lacerated from without , lacerated from within , he must find a way to rise ...
... suffering and the pain of feeling himself mocked and castigated because of it . His immersion in his suffering is uppermost in his mind . Cast into darkness , lacerated from without , lacerated from within , he must find a way to rise ...
Contents
The Slaughter of the Saints | 13 |
The Fate of the Poet | 38 |
The Dismemberment of Orpheus | 59 |
Copyright | |
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