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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... origins Curiosity and knowledge Things visible to mortal sight 3 " Remember and tell over " : Creation in sacred song Ritual recompense Cosmic liturgy page ix page xi 13 3 8 11 24 31 40 41 53 435 8878 60 66 77 83 Paradise Lost as hymn 4 ...
... origins Curiosity and knowledge Things visible to mortal sight 3 " Remember and tell over " : Creation in sacred song Ritual recompense Cosmic liturgy page ix page xi 13 3 8 11 24 31 40 41 53 435 8878 60 66 77 83 Paradise Lost as hymn 4 ...
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... origins . He wrote of the origin of the cosmos , the birth of his god , the birth of the first man and the first woman , the first utterance , the first interpretation , the first temp- tation , the first rebellion , the first home ...
... origins . He wrote of the origin of the cosmos , the birth of his god , the birth of the first man and the first woman , the first utterance , the first interpretation , the first temp- tation , the first rebellion , the first home ...
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... origin does not tyrannically dictate an end . Second , to speak of Biblical origin at all , we would speak more accurately of Biblical origins . The Bible offers Milton a model of repeated beginnings . In the opening invocation to ...
... origin does not tyrannically dictate an end . Second , to speak of Biblical origin at all , we would speak more accurately of Biblical origins . The Bible offers Milton a model of repeated beginnings . In the opening invocation to ...
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... origins : " who saw / When this creation was ? remember'st thou / Thy making , while the Maker gave thee being ? " ( V. 856-58 ) . If it is countered , it is by Raphael's injunction to Adam , " remember , and fear to transgress " ( VI ...
... origins : " who saw / When this creation was ? remember'st thou / Thy making , while the Maker gave thee being ? " ( V. 856-58 ) . If it is countered , it is by Raphael's injunction to Adam , " remember , and fear to transgress " ( VI ...
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... origins . Milton reformulates that problem , veering away from how to seek an objectified creation , whether " out there " or " back then , " to the posture of the seeker . An imperial motive for inquiry research that would possess its ...
... origins . Milton reformulates that problem , veering away from how to seek an objectified creation , whether " out there " or " back then , " to the posture of the seeker . An imperial motive for inquiry research that would possess its ...
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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...