1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455853403321

Autore

Wood Derek N. C.

Titolo

Exiled from light : divine law, morality, and violence in Milton's Samson Agonistes / / Derek N.C. Wood

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-282-03381-6

9786612033810

1-4426-7471-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

822/.4

Soggetti

Violence in literature

Ethics in literature

Bible and law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: The Critics and Some Problems of Meaning -- 2. Intertextuality, Indirection, and Indeterminacy -- 3. Fictional Consciousness and the Author's Voice -- 4. Tragedy: Theory, Form, and Meaning -- 5. Exiled from Light: Sin, Regeneration, the Hero of Faith -- 6. Samson and Dalila: Love and Marriage -- 7. Samson: Divine Impulsion in the Hero of Faith, Charity, and the Imitation of Christ -- 8. The Structure of Samson Agonistes -- 9. Milton and Politics in Old Age -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Works Consulted -- Index of Biblical Citations -- Index of Citations from the Works of John Milton -- General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite considerable general disagreement about the meaning of Milton's Samson Agonistes, literary critics have largely come to view, Samson, as a saintly Christian hero, with attending themes of election, conversion and regeneration. In a challenge to this dominant interpretation, Derek Wood proposes that Milton's protagonist is



actually an emblematic embodiment of Old Testament consciousness as a rigorous, incomplete, literalistic and uncomprehending, fashioned by the old Mosaic Law, without the amelioration of Christ's charity and forgiveness.Wood begins by surveying and evaluating the critical literature on Samson Agonistes of the past fifty years, then challenges these readings through a comprehensive textual and formal analysis. He argues for a thorough understanding of Artistotle's theory of tragedy, in which Milton's practice was anchored and draws cogently on early modern European commentaries as well as contemporary re-evaluations of Aristotle's Poetics to clarify Milton's approach.Wood's contribution reconciles the orthodox interpretation of Samson as a Christian saint with the revisionist emphasis on his murderous brutality. The author's analysis corrects a number of errors made by previous Milton scholars, shows how Dalila has been consistently misread and decodes the politics of the tragedy in the context of Milton's final years as an aging, failed revolutionary.

2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996212676903316

Titolo

Journal of synthetic lubrication

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Kent, England], : [Leaf Coppin Pub.]

[West Sussex, U.K.], : John Wiley & Sons

ISSN

1557-6841

Disciplina

621.89

Soggetti

Lubrication and lubricants

Lubrication systems

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778336003321

Titolo

Design and destiny : Jewish and Christian perspectives on human germline modification / / edited by Ronald Cole-Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

1-282-09932-9

9786612099328

0-262-27063-3

1-4356-2803-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (251 p.)

Collana

Basic bioethics

Altri autori (Persone)

Cole-TurnerRonald <1948->

Disciplina

201/.666065

Soggetti

Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Judaism

Medical genetics - Religious aspects - Christianity

Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Judaism

Genetic engineering - Religious aspects - Christianity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Religion and the Question of Human Germline Modification; 2 Judaism and Germline Modification; 3 The Roman Catholic Magisterium and Genetic Research: An Overview and Evaluation; 4 A Traditional Christian Reflection on Reengineering Human Nature; 5 Germline Gene Modification and the Human Condition before God; 6 Human Germline Therapy: Proper Human Responsibility or Playing God?; 7 Germline Genetics, Human Nature, and Social Ethics; 8 Freedom, Conscience, and Virtue: Theological Perspectives on the Ethics of Inherited Genetic Modification

9 Religion, Genetics, and the FutureSuggestions for Further Reading; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Scholars discuss the genetic modification of embryonic cells from the viewpoints of traditional Jewish and Christian teaching, considering both the possible therapeutic benefits of this technology and moral concerns about its implementation.