Remembering and Repeating: Biblical Creation in Paradise LostAs a reinterpretation of Milton, this study engages the ideas of Freud, Nietzsche, and Derrida. However, the author derives her thesis from Milton's own debt to ancient Biblical sources. The Bible, says Schwartz, offers Milton a pattern of repeated beginnings that informs his depiction of the universe and characterizes his poetic and interpretative processes. This original reading of the Bible enables a powerful rereading of Paradise Lost. |
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... - creation , repetition , and return The two falls The Satanic will Adamic return Notes Works cited Index 88788 60 66 77 83 91 91 94 103 111 129 137 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In a book concerned with the ritual commemoration of vii.
... - creation , repetition , and return The two falls The Satanic will Adamic return Notes Works cited Index 88788 60 66 77 83 91 91 94 103 111 129 137 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In a book concerned with the ritual commemoration of vii.
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... commemoration of gratitude , I am especially grateful for having many debts to remember . William Kerrigan's compelling vision of Milton first inspired me to want to become a Miltonist , and his sustained guidance has made that ambition ...
... commemoration of gratitude , I am especially grateful for having many debts to remember . William Kerrigan's compelling vision of Milton first inspired me to want to become a Miltonist , and his sustained guidance has made that ambition ...
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... commemoration . Such commemoration does not begin after an event ; rather , ritual repetition becomes part of the event itself . In Exodus , the narration of the Israelites ' departure from Egypt is interrupted abruptly - when they are ...
... commemoration . Such commemoration does not begin after an event ; rather , ritual repetition becomes part of the event itself . In Exodus , the narration of the Israelites ' departure from Egypt is interrupted abruptly - when they are ...
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... commemorating an original act ; the prescription to repeat and remember the creation is part of the creation . Without ... commemoration of creation also assumed poetic shape : as the Bible ritualizes the creation in the sabbath , so ...
... commemorating an original act ; the prescription to repeat and remember the creation is part of the creation . Without ... commemoration of creation also assumed poetic shape : as the Bible ritualizes the creation in the sabbath , so ...
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... commemoration is not simply retrospective ; it is also forward - looking , for Israel's future is at stake in that memory . And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart ; and you shall teach them diligently to ...
... commemoration is not simply retrospective ; it is also forward - looking , for Israel's future is at stake in that memory . And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart ; and you shall teach them diligently to ...
Contents
And the sea was no more Chaos vs creation | 8 |
The unclean realm | 11 |
Cosmogonic conflict | 24 |
Chaos and the fall | 31 |
Secret gaze or open admiration The invitation to origins | 40 |
Curiosity and knowledge | 41 |
Things visible to mortal sight | 53 |
Remember and tell over Creation in sacred song | 60 |
Cosmic liturgy | 77 |
Paradise Lost as hymn | 83 |
Yet once more Recreation repetition and return | 91 |
The Satanic will | 94 |
Adamic return | 103 |
Notes | 111 |
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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...