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... Renaissance Epic , and Ar- nold Williams's The Common Expositor . I am aware of an im- mense debt to numerous other works which have proved most helpful to me in writing this book . I want particularly to acknowledge the assistance ...
... Renaissance Epic , and Ar- nold Williams's The Common Expositor . I am aware of an im- mense debt to numerous other works which have proved most helpful to me in writing this book . I want particularly to acknowledge the assistance ...
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... RENAISSANCE 89 6. THE LEGACY OF EDEN 125 7. THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE 188 8. THE NATURAL PARADISE , THE CELESTIAL PARADISE , AND THE INNER PARADISE 234 9. THE FADING OF PARADISE 269 NOTES 291 INDEX 319 This page intentionally left blank B ...
... RENAISSANCE 89 6. THE LEGACY OF EDEN 125 7. THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE 188 8. THE NATURAL PARADISE , THE CELESTIAL PARADISE , AND THE INNER PARADISE 234 9. THE FADING OF PARADISE 269 NOTES 291 INDEX 319 This page intentionally left blank B ...
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... Renaissance conceptions of paradise . To explicate this fully , the distinctive attitudes and problems of Milton and his contempo- raries in an Eden - centered age will be investigated . Commentators ' efforts to explain the unique ...
... Renaissance conceptions of paradise . To explicate this fully , the distinctive attitudes and problems of Milton and his contempo- raries in an Eden - centered age will be investigated . Commentators ' efforts to explain the unique ...
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... Renaissance , while Dante recaptured the spiritual per- fection of the state of innocence . The aim of the rational commen- tary of the Renaissance was to provide a credible , detailed , and his- torically valid interpretation of the ...
... Renaissance , while Dante recaptured the spiritual per- fection of the state of innocence . The aim of the rational commen- tary of the Renaissance was to provide a credible , detailed , and his- torically valid interpretation of the ...
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... Renaissance , appears in early Jewish thought . According to some speculations about Jewish beliefs , the garden in Genesis with its four rivers was patterned after the Milky Way with its branches , and Ezekiel's mountain with its ...
... Renaissance , appears in early Jewish thought . According to some speculations about Jewish beliefs , the garden in Genesis with its four rivers was patterned after the Milky Way with its branches , and Ezekiel's mountain with its ...
Contents
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3 THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA | 38 |
4 THE MIDDLE AGES | 67 |
5 THE HISTORICAL PARADISE OF THE RENAISSANCE | 89 |
6 THE LEGACY OF EDEN | 125 |
7 THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE | 188 |
8 THE NATURAL PARADISE THE CELESTIAL PARADISE AND THE INNER PARADISE | 234 |
9 THE FADING OF PARADISE | 269 |
NOTES | 291 |
INDEX | 319 |
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