The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as KingUniversity of Delaware Press, 2004 - Počet stran: 208 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. |
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... external rule is inherently inferior to internal rule , self- government , self - discipline , self - control . External rule is imposed be- cause of universal failure in these areas . External rule on earth is a perversion brought ...
... external rule is inherently inferior to internal rule , self- government , self - discipline , self - control . External rule is imposed be- cause of universal failure in these areas . External rule on earth is a perversion brought ...
Strana 35
... external rule - along with external hierarchical distinctions of any kind - will be no more . For a man whose spiritual and political ideal was " a Nation of Prophets , of Sages , and of Worthies " ( Areopagitica , CPW2 : 554 ) , such ...
... external rule - along with external hierarchical distinctions of any kind - will be no more . For a man whose spiritual and political ideal was " a Nation of Prophets , of Sages , and of Worthies " ( Areopagitica , CPW2 : 554 ) , such ...
Strana 158
... externally : " Great acts require great means of enterprise " ( 2.412 ) , says Satan as he puzzles over what the Son is to do and how he is to do it . Satan as- sumes that the Son must be active and achieve external goals . How- ever ...
... externally : " Great acts require great means of enterprise " ( 2.412 ) , says Satan as he puzzles over what the Son is to do and how he is to do it . Satan as- sumes that the Son must be active and achieve external goals . How- ever ...
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Acknowledgments | 6 |
The Biblical Roots | 42 |
Divine Evil Justification | 112 |
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