Remembering and Repeating: On Milton's Theology and PoeticsUniversity of Chicago Press, 1993 - 144 pages In this graceful and compelling book, Regina Schwartz presents a powerful reading of Paradise Lost by tracing the structure of the poem to the pattern of "repeated beginnings" found in the Bible. In both works, the world order is constantly threatened by chaos. By drawing on both the Bible and the more contemporary works of, among others, Freud, Lacan, Ricoeur, Said, and Derrida, Schwartz argues that chaos does not simply threaten order, but rather, chaos inheres in order. "A brilliant study that quietly but powerfully recharacterizes many of the contexts of discussion in Milton criticism. Particularly noteworthy is Schwartz's ability to introduce advanced theoretical perspectives without ever taking the focus of attention away from the dynamics and problematics of Milton's poem."—Stanley Fish |
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... created things : One foot he centred , and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure , And said ... Creating the World , by William Blake , 1794 REMEMBERING AND REPEATING ON MILTON'S THEOLOGY AND POETICS REGINA M.
... created things : One foot he centred , and the other turn'd Round through the vast profundity obscure , And said ... Creating the World , by William Blake , 1794 REMEMBERING AND REPEATING ON MILTON'S THEOLOGY AND POETICS REGINA M.
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... Creation - Biblical teaching . 5. Creation in literature . 6. Bible in literature . I. Title . PR3562.S35 1993 821'.4 - dc20 92-34410 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National ...
... Creation - Biblical teaching . 5. Creation in literature . 6. Bible in literature . I. Title . PR3562.S35 1993 821'.4 - dc20 92-34410 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National ...
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... creation The unclean realm Cosmogonic conflict Chaos and the fall 2 " Secret gaze or open admiration " : The invitation to origins Curiosity and knowledge Things visible to mortal sight 3 " Remember and tell over " : Creation in sacred ...
... creation The unclean realm Cosmogonic conflict Chaos and the fall 2 " Secret gaze or open admiration " : The invitation to origins Curiosity and knowledge Things visible to mortal sight 3 " Remember and tell over " : Creation in sacred ...
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... , William A. Davis has participated fully in the chaos and creation of this project , and , remarkably enough , keeps coming back for more .コ PREFACE TO THE 1993 EDITION The insights of two generations X Acknowledgments.
... , William A. Davis has participated fully in the chaos and creation of this project , and , remarkably enough , keeps coming back for more .コ PREFACE TO THE 1993 EDITION The insights of two generations X Acknowledgments.
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... creation , fall , and re- demption , dramatizing them as the subject's choice for life or for death , a choice that is inevitably made as Milton wrote his epic — in the dark . With full awareness that we inhabit a realm of ...
... creation , fall , and re- demption , dramatizing them as the subject's choice for life or for death , a choice that is inevitably made as Milton wrote his epic — in the dark . With full awareness that we inhabit a realm of ...
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Remembering and Repeating: Biblical Creation in Paradise Lost Regina M. Schwartz Limited preview - 1988 |
Remembering and Repeating: Biblical Creation in Paradise Lost Regina M. Schwartz No preview available - 2011 |
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Page 2 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...