Milton's Wisdom examines the poet's use of the traditional notion that the eternal wisdom of God expressed itself in the "books" of nature and Scripture. It is the first study to draw attention to Milton's extensive use of biblical wisdom literature in his dramatization of A...

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Main Author:	Reichert, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 1992
Subjects:	Milton, John (1608-1674) / Paradise lost Milton, John <1608-1674> / Paradise lost Milton, John <1608-1674> > Paradise lost Milton, John > 1608-1674 > Paradise lost Bible > In literature Bibel Bible dans la littérature Nature dans la littérature Paradise lost (Milton) Sagesse dans la littérature Nature in literature Wisdom in literature Natur Weisheit
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	Milton's Wisdom examines the poet's use of the traditional notion that the eternal wisdom of God expressed itself in the "books" of nature and Scripture. It is the first study to draw attention to Milton's extensive use of biblical wisdom literature in his dramatization of Adam and Eve's education, their fall, and their reconciliation with one another and with God. The author looks at the ways theological and hence epistemological questions converge on and are generated by Adam's, Eve's, and Satan's responses to the world they see around them and to the words God and his emissaries speak to them. Reichert argues that the nature/Scripture dichotomy informs the symmetrical structure of the twelve books of Milton's epic. Milton's Wisdom challenges previous readings that have tried to ally Milton with the Puritans' strict theology of the word. Reichert has shifted our attention away from literary and historical theory and back to the experience of the poem as a whole.
Physical Description:	296 S. Ill.
ISBN:	0472103245