Paradise Lost and the Genesis TraditionRevised version of author's thesis, University of Oxford, 1963. |
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... Adamus Exul , cast the story in the form of a five - act classical tragedy , thereby changing its whole shape and emphasis . The first act opens with a soliloquy spoken by Satan as he arrives in view of paradise on his mission to ...
... Adamus Exul , cast the story in the form of a five - act classical tragedy , thereby changing its whole shape and emphasis . The first act opens with a soliloquy spoken by Satan as he arrives in view of paradise on his mission to ...
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... Adamus Exul ; its only dramatic analogues are to be found in the medieval cycle plays , which included a scene in Hell immediately after Satan's banishment from Heaven . The second ' act ' , on the other hand , looks very much like a ...
... Adamus Exul ; its only dramatic analogues are to be found in the medieval cycle plays , which included a scene in Hell immediately after Satan's banishment from Heaven . The second ' act ' , on the other hand , looks very much like a ...
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... Adamus Exul than any of the previous plans for the work . Unfortunately , Milton's debt to the Dutch drama has been obscured for over two centuries by the activities of the infamous Lauder , whose attempt to manufacture evidence of ...
... Adamus Exul than any of the previous plans for the work . Unfortunately , Milton's debt to the Dutch drama has been obscured for over two centuries by the activities of the infamous Lauder , whose attempt to manufacture evidence of ...
Contents
THE TEXT | 9 |
THE JEWISH INTERPRETATIONS | 26 |
THE CHRISTIAN INTERPRETATIONS | 59 |
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Adam and Eve Adamus Exul Alcuin Alethia allegorical angels animals Augustine Avitus Biblical Book century chapter of Genesis Christ Christian Comestor Commentary created creation creatures Criticism Cursor Mundi death Devil divine doctrine Dracontius earth eat the fruit episode Eve's evil exegesis Fall story fallen Father forbidden fruit forbidden tree garden garden of Eden Genesis narrative Gnostic God's Gregory Gregory of Nyssa Heaven Hexapla husband Ialdabaoth Ibid idea immortality innocence interpretation Irenaeus Jahweh Jahwist Jewish legend Lord Lucifer Ludus Coventriae lust Man's medieval Mercy Milton moral motives nature Ophite original pagan pair Paradise Lost passage patristic perfect Philo poem poet problem question rabbinic Rashi rebellion Satan Secrets of Enoch serpent sinned speech suggests temptation Tempter Testament thee things thou tradition trans transgression treatment tree of knowledge typological unfallen viii wife wisdom woman þæt þat