| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 145 |
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Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 145.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Milton's poetics of absence and restoration -- Strategies for depicting the Son in Christian art -- Iconoclasm as an artistic strategy -- The post-Reformation passion -- Milton's alternative passion -- "No death!" : rewriting the Protestant elegy in Milton's early poems -- The art of omission and supplement in Paradise lost -- Paradise regained and the art of the incarnation -- Rewriting the Christus patiens tradition in Samson agonistes -- Epilogue: Broken and whole |
| Summary |
This book addresses the problem of Milton's poetics of the passion, a tradition he revises by turning away from late medieval representations of the crucifixion and drawing instead on earlier Christian images and alternative strategies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-209) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast |
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Milton, John. swd |
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Jesus Christus -- Passion. swd |
| Subject |
Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Devotional literature, English -- History and criticism
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Christian poetry, English -- Early modern
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Devotional literature, English
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Reformation
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004183667 |
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9004183663 |
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