The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as KingUniversity of Delaware Press, 2004 - 208 pàgines The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University. |
Continguts
Acknowledgments | 6 |
The Biblical Roots | 42 |
Divine Evil Justification | 112 |
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The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology Andrew Hass,David Jasper,Elisabeth Jay Previsualització no disponible - 2007 |
Milton's Places of Hope: Spiritual and Political Connections of Hope with Land Mary C. Fenton Previsualització limitada - 2006 |