Naming in Paradise: Milton and the Language of Adam and EveClarendon Press, 1990 - 304 pàgines Names and naming are more important to Paradise Lost than may first appear. This critical study traces Milton's use of prelapsarian and postlapsarian names and the various distinctions that infiltrate Paradise Lost. Through close analysis of the poem's words and narrative, Leonard uncovers areas of meaning that have previously been lost to modern readers, supplying a valuable interpretive key to many important passages. Taking Adam's naming of the animals as his starting point, Leonard explores such topics as the naming of Eve, the blotting out of the rebel angels' names, and Satan's deliberate misapplication of names. By relating these and other topics to the larger episodes of the Fall of the Angels and the Fall of Adam and Eve, Leonard enriches our reading of Paradise Lost. Referring to Milton's earlier editors, as well as modern critics, he provides new insights into such questions as: was Milton of the Devil's party?; were the angels self-tempted?; was Adam right to chooses death with Eve'. Intended primarily for Milton specialists, the warm and lively style of Naming in Paradise ensures that this book will be accessible both to graduate and undergraduate students. |
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Pàgina 8
... fruit ' , not an ' apple ' . Despite Shoaf's ex cathedra pronouncement that ' the apple . . . is a completely arbitrary sign ' , not all readers have seen it that way . Cleanth Brooks asks : is it an arbitrary symbol - saddled upon ...
... fruit ' , not an ' apple ' . Despite Shoaf's ex cathedra pronouncement that ' the apple . . . is a completely arbitrary sign ' , not all readers have seen it that way . Cleanth Brooks asks : is it an arbitrary symbol - saddled upon ...
Pàgina 212
... Fruit be here to excess . The credit of whose vertue rest with thee . ( IX . 647-9 ) Eve is frankly suspicious of the fruit's ' power to effect the human body in a beneficial way ' ( OED ' virtue ' 9b ) . Her limitation of the meaning ...
... Fruit be here to excess . The credit of whose vertue rest with thee . ( IX . 647-9 ) Eve is frankly suspicious of the fruit's ' power to effect the human body in a beneficial way ' ( OED ' virtue ' 9b ) . Her limitation of the meaning ...
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... fruit , sacred to abstinence ' ( 924 ) , Adam does not yet accredit Eve's claim to have acquired knowledge , but he is already looking on the fruit as something more than a sign of obedience . Adam now imagines the fruit to be ...
... fruit , sacred to abstinence ' ( 924 ) , Adam does not yet accredit Eve's claim to have acquired knowledge , but he is already looking on the fruit as something more than a sign of obedience . Adam now imagines the fruit to be ...
Continguts
Naming Names | 23 |
Lucifer Prince of Twilight | 86 |
The Fall of the Angels | 147 |
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Referències a aquest llibre
Poetry and Ecology in the Age of Milton and Marvell Diane Kelsey McColley Previsualització limitada - 2007 |