Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyIn a reassessment of the long-accepted division between religion and enlightenment, Ana Acosta here traces a tissue of readings and adaptations of Genesis and Scriptural language from Milton through Rousseau to Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Acosta's interdisciplinary approach places these writers in the broader context of eighteenth-century political theory, biblical criticism, religious studies and utopianism. Acosta's argument is twofold: she establishes the importance of Genesis within utopian thinking, in particular the influential models of Milton and Rousseau; and she demonstrates that the power of these models can be explained neither by traditional religious paradigms nor by those of religion or philosophy. In establishing the relationship between biblical criticism and republican utopias, Acosta makes a solid case that important utopian visions are better understood against the background of Genesis interpretation. This study opens a new perspective on theories of secularization, and as such will interest scholars of religious studies, intellectual history, and philosophy as well as of literary studies. |
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... interpretation . 10. Wollstonecraft , Mary , 1759-1797 - Criticism and interpretation . I. Title . PR448.B53A26 2006 820.9'3822211 -- dc22 ISBN 13 : 978-0-7546-5613-5 ( hbk ) 2006000578 List of Figures Acknowledgements List of ...
... interpretation . 10. Wollstonecraft , Mary , 1759-1797 - Criticism and interpretation . I. Title . PR448.B53A26 2006 820.9'3822211 -- dc22 ISBN 13 : 978-0-7546-5613-5 ( hbk ) 2006000578 List of Figures Acknowledgements List of ...
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... interpretation from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century ; for it is through their apparently awkward attempts to reconcile the polarities of eighteenth- century thought that such figures as Astruc remain relevant.11 The ...
... interpretation from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century ; for it is through their apparently awkward attempts to reconcile the polarities of eighteenth- century thought that such figures as Astruc remain relevant.11 The ...
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... interpretation and appropriation. Three primary interpretative approaches to scripture can be seen in the eighteenth century, none of which necessarily precludes religious belief. The first approach, now termed biblicism, derives from ...
... interpretation and appropriation. Three primary interpretative approaches to scripture can be seen in the eighteenth century, none of which necessarily precludes religious belief. The first approach, now termed biblicism, derives from ...
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... interpretation have further encircled and influenced the already fraught question of textual transmission . The eighteenth- century material examined here is only one example in a long history of the interplay between scripture and ...
... interpretation have further encircled and influenced the already fraught question of textual transmission . The eighteenth- century material examined here is only one example in a long history of the interplay between scripture and ...
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... interpretations of the fall along the lines of pride or sexuality create new contradictions between the two versions; the issue of theodicy itself is based on a more fundamental paradox.22 The omnipotence and goodness of God are ...
... interpretations of the fall along the lines of pride or sexuality create new contradictions between the two versions; the issue of theodicy itself is based on a more fundamental paradox.22 The omnipotence and goodness of God are ...
Contents
Dr Miltons Guide or the Utopia Within | |
The Passion of JeanJacques Rousseau or the Dystopia Within | |
Wollstonecrafts Body Politics or Philosophy in the Bedroom | |
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