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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... divine will when it is offered , how do we steer a course that is creative rather than destructive , that is , how do we even distinguish life from death ? Creation and destruction , life and death , love and hate , good and evil , and ...
... divine will when it is offered , how do we steer a course that is creative rather than destructive , that is , how do we even distinguish life from death ? Creation and destruction , life and death , love and hate , good and evil , and ...
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... divine essence or transcendental reason that reaches beyond the limits of the individual human subject.1 Aye , there's the rub . The remarks by Vattimo that I cite above de- scribe transcendence in a familiar way , as a transcendence ...
... divine essence or transcendental reason that reaches beyond the limits of the individual human subject.1 Aye , there's the rub . The remarks by Vattimo that I cite above de- scribe transcendence in a familiar way , as a transcendence ...
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... divine goodness is the first of human obligations ; and extraordinary favors demand more solemn and devout acknowledgments " ( Hughes , 817 ) opens the Defensio Secunda . And in Ad Patrem , Milton begins by despairing that he can never ...
... divine goodness is the first of human obligations ; and extraordinary favors demand more solemn and devout acknowledgments " ( Hughes , 817 ) opens the Defensio Secunda . And in Ad Patrem , Milton begins by despairing that he can never ...
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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...