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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... Glory " ( 737 ) . As the War in heaven is being fought and won , when " War wearied hath perfor- m'd what War can do " ( 6.695 ) , the Son still speaks of his own glory , but is beginning also to speak in terms of relinquishing the very ...
... Glory " ( 737 ) . As the War in heaven is being fought and won , when " War wearied hath perfor- m'd what War can do " ( 6.695 ) , the Son still speaks of his own glory , but is beginning also to speak in terms of relinquishing the very ...
Strana 115
... glory comes from renunciation of glory - a conclusion to which Milton returned in Paradise Regained , whose truly heroic theme is ' one man's obedience fully tried ' , and in Samson Agonistes , where Samson achieves true heroism when he ...
... glory comes from renunciation of glory - a conclusion to which Milton returned in Paradise Regained , whose truly heroic theme is ' one man's obedience fully tried ' , and in Samson Agonistes , where Samson achieves true heroism when he ...
Strana 161
... glory , the Son's " holy meditations " ( 1.195 ) pursue a course that moves steadily away from public glory and thoughts of self - aggrandizement and pride . The Son will blow no trumpets before him 5 / " TEMPT NOT THE LORD ” 161.
... glory , the Son's " holy meditations " ( 1.195 ) pursue a course that moves steadily away from public glory and thoughts of self - aggrandizement and pride . The Son will blow no trumpets before him 5 / " TEMPT NOT THE LORD ” 161.
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Acknowledgments | 6 |
The Biblical Roots | 42 |
Divine Evil Justification | 112 |
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