Milton's Paradise lost : moral education / / Margaret Olofson Thickstun

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826018003321
• Autore: Thickstun Margaret Olofson <1956->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• ISBN: 1-281-36303-0; 9786611363031; 0-230-60420-X
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2007.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 821/.4
• Soggetti: Education in literature; Ethics in literature; Moral education - United States; Education - Philosophy; Education - Psychological aspects
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Teaching Paradise Lost in the Twenty-First Century; 1 God as Father in Paradise Lost; 2 Satan, Interpretive Choices, and the Danger of Fixed Stories; 3 Abdiel, Peer Pressure, and the Rebel Angels; 4 Good Angels, Gratitude, and Growing in Communion; 5 The Education of the Son; 6 Raphael and the Challenge of Evangelical Education; 7 Adam as Parent; 8 Eve, Identity, and Growing in Relationship; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book reads Milton's Paradise Lost as a poem that seeks to educate its readers by narrating the education of its main characters.