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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... event of the fall of mankind ( whose narration he accords only a stark half - line : " she pluck'd , she eat , " IX . 781 ) , but to the questions of how do we discern good from evil , how do we know truth when we hear it , how do we ...
... event of the fall of mankind ( whose narration he accords only a stark half - line : " she pluck'd , she eat , " IX . 781 ) , but to the questions of how do we discern good from evil , how do we know truth when we hear it , how do we ...
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... event that occurred once - upon - a - time and for all time . Rather , his notion of beginning , like Said's , is that " beginning is basically an activity which ultimately implies return and repetition rather than simply linear ...
... event that occurred once - upon - a - time and for all time . Rather , his notion of beginning , like Said's , is that " beginning is basically an activity which ultimately implies return and repetition rather than simply linear ...
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... event ; rather , ritual repetition becomes part of the event itself . In Exodus , the narration of the Israelites ' departure from Egypt is interrupted abruptly - when they are just on the verge of their escape to prescribe the ritual ...
... event ; rather , ritual repetition becomes part of the event itself . In Exodus , the narration of the Israelites ' departure from Egypt is interrupted abruptly - when they are just on the verge of their escape to prescribe the ritual ...
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On Milton's Theology and Poetics Regina M. Schwartz. of the events of the prior six days . That sabbath does not stand ... event . In De Doctrina Christiana ( I. x ) he indulges in his own com- position history , imagining some editorial ...
On Milton's Theology and Poetics Regina M. Schwartz. of the events of the prior six days . That sabbath does not stand ... event . In De Doctrina Christiana ( I. x ) he indulges in his own com- position history , imagining some editorial ...
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... events of the exodus , and he proceeds to repeat that story - a second time a repetition designed to inscribe the memory of what is to be remembered on his hearers.10 As Moses retells the exodus , he asks that the Israelites similarly ...
... events of the exodus , and he proceeds to repeat that story - a second time a repetition designed to inscribe the memory of what is to be remembered on his hearers.10 As Moses retells the exodus , he asks that the Israelites similarly ...
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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...