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Song Eric B. <1979-> |
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Dominion undeserved [[electronic resource] ] : Milton and the perils of creation / / Eric B. Song |
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Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2013 |
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0-8014-6808-6 |
0-8014-6809-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (230 p.) |
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Homeland in literature |
Imperialism in literature |
Creation in literature |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. The Strange Fire of the Tartars -- 2. Eden, the Country House, and the Indies (East and West) -- 3. Paradise Lost and the Question of Ireland -- 4. Gemelle Liber: Milton's 1671 Archive -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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That the writings of John Milton continue to provoke study and analysis centuries after his lifetime speaks no doubt to his literary greatness but also to the many ways in which his art both engaged and transcended the political and theological tensions of his age. In Dominion Undeserved, Eric B. Song offers a brilliant reading of Milton's major writings, finding in them a fundamental impasse that explains their creative power.According to Song, a divided view of creation governs Milton's related systems of cosmology, theology, art, and history. For Milton, any coherent entity-a nation, a poem, or even the new world-must be carved out of and guarded against an original unruliness. Despite being sanctioned by God, however, this agonistic mode of creation proves ineffective because it continues to manifest internal rifts that it can never fully overcome. This dilemma is especially pronounced in Milton's later writings, including Paradise Lost, where all forms of creativity must strive against the fact that chaos precedes |
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order and that disruptive forces will continue to reemerge, seemingly without end.Song explores the many ways in which Milton transforms an intractable problem into the grounds for incisive commentary and politically charged artistry. This argument brings into focus topics ranging from Milton's recurring allusions to the Eastern Tartars, the way Milton engages with country house poetry and colonialist discourses in Paradise Lost, and the lasting relevance of Anglo-Irish affairs for his late writings. Song concludes with a new reading of Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes in which he shows how Milton's integration of conflicting elements forms the heart of his literary archive and confers urgency upon his message even as it reaches its future readers. |
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UNINA9910784703303321 |
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Ringrose Kathryn M |
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The perfect servant [[electronic resource] ] : eunuchs and the social construction of gender in Byzantium / / Kathryn M. Ringrose |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2003 |
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1-281-12602-0 |
9786611126025 |
0-226-72016-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (309 p.) |
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Eunuchs - Byzantine Empire |
Sex role - Byzantine Empire |
Byzantine Empire Civilization |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-285) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Spelling Conventions for Greek Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Eunuchs of Byzantium: Context and Definition -- Part I. Gender as Social Construct -- Part II. Becoming Protagonists -- Appendix: Spelling Equivalents, Traditional and Reformed -- Frequently Used Abbreviations -- Notes |
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The Perfect Servant reevaluates the place of eunuchs in Byzantium. Kathryn Ringrose uses the modern concept of gender as a social construct to identify eunuchs as a distinct gender and to illustrate how gender was defined in the Byzantine world. At the same time she explores the changing role of the eunuch in Byzantium from 600 to 1100. Accepted for generations as a legitimate and functional part of Byzantine civilization, eunuchs were prominent in both the imperial court and the church. They were distinctive in physical appearance, dress, and manner and were considered uniquely suited for important roles in Byzantine life. Transcending conventional notions of male and female, eunuchs lived outside of normal patterns of procreation and inheritance and were assigned a unique capacity for mediating across social and spiritual boundaries. This allowed them to perform tasks from which prominent men and women were constrained, making them, in essence, perfect servants. Written with precision and meticulously researched, The Perfect Servant will immediately take its place as a major study on Byzantium and the history of gender. |
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