The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as KingUniversity of Delaware Press, 2004 - 208 страници The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University. |
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... tion , his epic poem Paradise Lost , has , almost from the day of its pub- lication , troubled many Christian readers who , to their dismay ( and often outrage ) see in his Father a character who is as far from the " good " god they ...
... tion , his epic poem Paradise Lost , has , almost from the day of its pub- lication , troubled many Christian readers who , to their dismay ( and often outrage ) see in his Father a character who is as far from the " good " god they ...
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... tion of a God imagined in terms of military and monarchical power . For Milton , God is not the Devil , but in being conceived in terms of human kingship and the all - too - human desires for power and glory , God has been scandalously ...
... tion of a God imagined in terms of military and monarchical power . For Milton , God is not the Devil , but in being conceived in terms of human kingship and the all - too - human desires for power and glory , God has been scandalously ...
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... tion of God closer to the deity of my own youth , the God of Hebrew scripture who reserves vengeance to himself . 5 While Yahweh is many things , he is not primarily a God of love ( 1 John 4:16 notwithstand- ing ) . Milton's poetic God ...
... tion of God closer to the deity of my own youth , the God of Hebrew scripture who reserves vengeance to himself . 5 While Yahweh is many things , he is not primarily a God of love ( 1 John 4:16 notwithstand- ing ) . Milton's poetic God ...
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... tion of henotheism , not monotheism . Where monotheism makes the claim that only one God truly ex- ists , henotheism acknowledges the existence of other gods while claiming a special status for one god or a special relationship be ...
... tion of henotheism , not monotheism . Where monotheism makes the claim that only one God truly ex- ists , henotheism acknowledges the existence of other gods while claiming a special status for one god or a special relationship be ...
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... tion of the awesome , fearful , overwhelming and terrifying that Rudolf Otto refers to as Das Heilige — is that which inspires fear and trembling in the beholder ; it is that which can only be approached by the consecrated , in the Holy ...
... tion of the awesome , fearful , overwhelming and terrifying that Rudolf Otto refers to as Das Heilige — is that which inspires fear and trembling in the beholder ; it is that which can only be approached by the consecrated , in the Holy ...
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His Tyranny Who Reigns The Biblical Roots of Divine Kingship and Miltons Rejection of Heavns King in Prose and Poetry | 42 |
Who durst defy th Omnipotent to Arms Satans Fall from Hero to King | 77 |
That far be from thee Divine Evil Justification and the Evolution of the Son from WarriorKing to Hero | 112 |
Tempt not the Lord thy God The End of Kingship and the Awareness of Divine Similitude in Paradise Regained | 148 |
Notes | 171 |
Works Cited | 195 |
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