Grossman examines the narrative form of Paradise Lost to discover Milton's thoroughly modern concept of self. Banished from paradise, the epic poem's protagonists become "authors to themselves in all/Both what they judge and what they choose," left to create their own story in relation to the story already written by God. Grossman believes the resulting structure of the poem must be understood in the context of seventeenth-century historical and theological developments, specifically Bacon's notion of history as progress and Protestant theology's notion of the inner voice. The book draws upon recent works in hermeneutics and analytic history to develop the argument that there is a common structure to the experience of time in action and in narrative. In developing this thesis, Grossman draws on the work Stephen Greenblatt, Ricoeur, Todorov, Genette, Derrida, and Lacan to construct an original reading of Paradise Lost that will fascinate Miltonists, specialists in seventeenth-century literature, and readers concerned with narrative theory.
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Grossman examines the narrative form of Paradise Lost to discover Milton's thoroughly modern concept of self. Banished from paradise, the epic poem's protagonists become 'authors to themselves in all/Both what they judge and what they choose', left to create their own story in relation to the story already written by God.
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collateral love, exorbitant desires, typological hermeneutics, separation scene, one greater man, conformity divine, loyal angels, bright essence, quid agas, nobler end, dismal situation, substantial life, first disobedience, ill seems Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Paradise Lost (Penguin Classics) by John Milton on 77 pages
- Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (The Signet Classic Poetry Series) by John Milton on 7 pages
- Milton Studies (Volume 8) by James D. Simmonds on 6 pages
- Samson Agonistes by John Milton on 5 pages
- RC Series Bundle: The Rule of Metaphor: The Creation of Meaning in Language (Routledge Classics) by Paul Ricoeur on 5 pages
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- Fallen Languages: Crises of Representation in Newtonian England, 1660-1740 by Robert Markley on page 44
- Poetry and Music in Seventeenth-Century England by Diane Kelsey McColley in Back Matter
- Paradise Lost by John Milton in Front Matter
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