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... reflected many centuries of acceptance , rejection , and interpretation of earlier myth , theology , and literature . To- day , we can look forward through the history of these changing conceptions of paradise to Paradise Lost and ...
... reflected many centuries of acceptance , rejection , and interpretation of earlier myth , theology , and literature . To- day , we can look forward through the history of these changing conceptions of paradise to Paradise Lost and ...
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... reflected in Milton's attention to the location of paradise , his emphasis on the natural and the rational , his ac- count of the destruction of paradise , and his interest in the typo- logical relationship between the terrestrial and ...
... reflected in Milton's attention to the location of paradise , his emphasis on the natural and the rational , his ac- count of the destruction of paradise , and his interest in the typo- logical relationship between the terrestrial and ...
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... reflects the generative power of nature , becomes the setting for human love and sexuality . This landscape would later be adapted for presenting either an idealized or ambiguous interpretation of the human love and sexuality of Adam ...
... reflects the generative power of nature , becomes the setting for human love and sexuality . This landscape would later be adapted for presenting either an idealized or ambiguous interpretation of the human love and sexuality of Adam ...
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... reflected the Christian aura of the Edenic paradise only rather dimly , various interpreta- tions of the golden age contributed to descriptions of paradise or merged with these in the depiction of other ideal sites . During the ...
... reflected the Christian aura of the Edenic paradise only rather dimly , various interpreta- tions of the golden age contributed to descriptions of paradise or merged with these in the depiction of other ideal sites . During the ...
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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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