1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910782413803321

Autore

Duncan Joseph Ellis <1921->

Titolo

Milton's earthly paradise : a historical study of Eden / / Joseph E. Duncan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis : , : University of Minnesota Press, , [1972]

ISBN

0-8166-6218-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 pages)

Collana

Minnesota monographs in the humanities

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

Epic poetry, English - History and criticism

Fall of man in literature

Paradise in literature

Eden in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-315) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1. EASTWARD IN EDEN; 2. ""SUCH PLEASING LICENCE""; 3. THE EARLY CHRISTIAN ERA; 4. THE MIDDLE AGES; 5. THE HISTORICAL PARADISE OF THE RENAISSANCE; 6. THE LEGACY OF EDEN; 7. THE SEARCH FOR PARADISE; 8. THE NATURAL PARADISE, THE CELESTIAL PARADISE, AND THE INNER PARADISE; 9. THE FADING OF PARADISE; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This study provides a history of the changing interpretations of the first earthly paradise -- the garden of Eden -- in Western thought and relates Paradise Lost and other literary works to this paradise tradition. The author traces the beginnings of the