Remembering and Repeating: On Milton's Theology and PoeticsIn 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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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...
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| Title | Remembering and Repeating: On Milton's Theology and Poetics Literature, theology, critical theory |
| Author | Regina M. Schwartz |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0226742016, 9780226742014 |
| Length | 144 pages |
| Subjects | › › Poetry / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Poetry / General |
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