Death in Milton's PoetryBucknell University Press, 1994 - 183 páginas "From his earliest verses (the Latin verses written at Cambridge) to his first original English poem (the Infant ode), to his masterpiece (Lycidas) and its sad echo (Epitaphium Damonis), through his mature trilogy (Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes), Milton repeatedly seeks to explain why people die. Though Milton frequently changed his mind on important subjects, his fundamental view of death did not change. Milton throughout his life insists that death, both physical and spiritual, is caused by sin. In attempting to understand the significance of this belief, Death in Milton's Poetry will suggest some major re-evaluations of old assumptions." "This book is divided into two parts. The first part contains examples of death that support Milton's belief that death is caused by sin. The second part contains poems that focus on deaths that appear to violate this belief. Since Milton illustrates his belief in his mature works, Part 1 includes Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes. As the pattern of death emerges in these poems, the reader is able to see that Paradise Regained is as much about the death of Satan as it is about the life of Jesus and that Milton's drama focuses on an unregenerate Samson whose tragedy is his inability ever to reconcile with God." "The poems examined in Part 2 explain deaths that appear to violate Milton's, belief. In vindicating Milton's view of death, the Latin funeral elegies and "On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough" form a pattern that culminates in Lycidas. Recognizing this pattern in Lycidas is indispensible to understanding the radical statement of Epitaphium Damonis, a poem that records Milton's temporary disillusionment with Christianity." "In addition to new insights into the individual poems, two patterns are highlighted. In Milton's earlier poems, readers usually have seen classicism as complementing Christianity. When Milton turns to death, however, he opposes classicism to Christianity, contrasting (except in the case of Epitaphium Damonis) the limited pagan gods of classicism with the providence of an omnipotent God. This antagonism is reinforced by another pattern that emerges in the poems. Though all sins tend to death, some sins are more fatal than others. In much of Milton's poetry, perhaps the most consistently fatal of sins was lust; and Milton frequently represents this lust as a characteristic of classicism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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... Jesus and that Milton's drama focuses on an unre- generate Samson whose tragedy is his in- ability ever to reconcile with God . The poems examined in Part 2 explain deaths that appear to violate Milton's be- lief . In vindicating ...
... Jesus and that Milton's drama focuses on an unre- generate Samson whose tragedy is his in- ability ever to reconcile with God . The poems examined in Part 2 explain deaths that appear to violate Milton's be- lief . In vindicating ...
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... Jesus ' example in Paradise Regained . The reader learns how not to live by studying what Milton has to say about death . Perhaps no other theme as consistently receives Milton's attention . From his earliest verses ( the Latin verses ...
... Jesus ' example in Paradise Regained . The reader learns how not to live by studying what Milton has to say about death . Perhaps no other theme as consistently receives Milton's attention . From his earliest verses ( the Latin verses ...
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... Jesus ' perfect obedience , Milton in representing Jesus ' triumph re- lates the death of that archetypal sinner , Satan ; the reader cannot understand Jesus ' triumph unless he or she understands the exact nature of Satan's defeat ...
... Jesus ' perfect obedience , Milton in representing Jesus ' triumph re- lates the death of that archetypal sinner , Satan ; the reader cannot understand Jesus ' triumph unless he or she understands the exact nature of Satan's defeat ...
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... Jesus to argue his case for " Christian liberty . " Milton analyzes in this chapter the two ways in which we transgress God's law . The first kind of sin is " common " sin . Citing Gen. 3.16 , Rom . 5.12 , 15-19 , 1 Cor . 15.22 , Heb ...
... Jesus to argue his case for " Christian liberty . " Milton analyzes in this chapter the two ways in which we transgress God's law . The first kind of sin is " common " sin . Citing Gen. 3.16 , Rom . 5.12 , 15-19 , 1 Cor . 15.22 , Heb ...
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... Jesus on earth . Throughout the poem Satan persists in his disobedience , separating himself further from God and consequently sinking further into death . An understanding of Satan's death , of what Satan gains and what he loses ...
... Jesus on earth . Throughout the poem Satan persists in his disobedience , separating himself further from God and consequently sinking further into death . An understanding of Satan's death , of what Satan gains and what he loses ...
Índice
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26 | |
Paradise Regained and the Death of Satan | 49 |
Sex and Violence in Samson Agonistes | 72 |
The Early Poems Anomalies of Death | 89 |
Miltons Early Poems on Death | 91 |
Providence and Death in Lycidas | 108 |
Lust and Death in the Early Poems on Death | 124 |
The Crisis of Epitaphium Damonis | 135 |
Afterword | 158 |
Notes | 160 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Adam and Eve afterlife appears assertion attempt Beelzebub belief blind Fury bliss Book of Revelation Christian Christian consolation Christian imagery cites classical and Christian classical imagery concupiscence consequences context Dalila Damon's death degree of death deities devils Diodati's death disobedience Doctrina Christiana early poems earth echoes Elegia Elegia Secunda Elegia Tertia epic epicedia Epitaphium Damonis eternal Eve's evil fallen fame fatal wound feast God's law gods Harapha heaven heavenly hell Hesiod human immortal Jesus John Milton Jove learning lust and death Lycidas marriage messiah Milton Studies Milton's poetry Mopsus myth Obitum Praesulis Eliensis Obitum Procancellarii Medici Orpheus pagan Paradise Lost Paradise Lost 11 Paradise Regained pastoral Philistines Phoebus Apollo Platonic poems on death poet prophecy providence providential rape reader rejects reveals Samson Agonistes Satan sensuality sexual stanzas swain symbol temptation theme thir Thyrsis tion tradition University Press Variorum verse-paragraph violate violence virgin Virgo Woman of Timna
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Página 22 - The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heav'n of hell, a hell of heav'n.
Página 21 - In glory of the Father, to dissolve Satan with his perverted World, then raise From the conflagrant mass, purg'd and refin'd, New Heav'ns, new Earth, Ages of endless date Founded in righteousness and peace and love, To bring forth fruits Joy and eternal Bliss.
Referencias a este libro
Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton Emily R. Wilson Vista de fragmentos - 2004 |
Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton Emily R. Wilson Vista previa restringida - 2004 |