Milton's Earthly Paradise: A Historical Study of Eden |
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... history of the idea of the true earthly paradise — the garden in Eden — in Western thought , and to contribute to the understanding of some of the literary works which have dealt with the story of the lost paradise , including the most ...
... history of the idea of the true earthly paradise — the garden in Eden — in Western thought , and to contribute to the understanding of some of the literary works which have dealt with the story of the lost paradise , including the most ...
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... history . Milton and other Renaissance poets writing about the paradise story would have agreed with these prose writers that the events in paradise were immensely important . Although it is often hazardous to try to show specific ...
... history . Milton and other Renaissance poets writing about the paradise story would have agreed with these prose writers that the events in paradise were immensely important . Although it is often hazardous to try to show specific ...
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... paradise story for both Milton and the commentators indicates once again the close relation between the last two books of Paradise Lost and the rest of the epic . Though Milton inherited the images of para- dise from classical and ...
... paradise story for both Milton and the commentators indicates once again the close relation between the last two books of Paradise Lost and the rest of the epic . Though Milton inherited the images of para- dise from classical and ...
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... paradise , de- veloped the concepts of man's original righteousness and original sin , and saw the events in paradise as the beginnings of human history . In their interpretations of the paradise story , early Chris- tion poets provided ...
... paradise , de- veloped the concepts of man's original righteousness and original sin , and saw the events in paradise as the beginnings of human history . In their interpretations of the paradise story , early Chris- tion poets provided ...
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... Paradise Lost , some European thinkers were engaged in heated controversy about the accuracy , authorship , and inspiration of the Scriptures . De- spite these arguments , Milton and most of his contemporaries ac- cepted the story ...
... Paradise Lost , some European thinkers were engaged in heated controversy about the accuracy , authorship , and inspiration of the Scriptures . De- spite these arguments , Milton and most of his contemporaries ac- cepted the story ...
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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