LEADER 04589nam 2200793 450 001 9910780691103321 005 20230912144959.0 010 $a1-282-03381-6 010 $a9786612033810 010 $a1-4426-7471-7 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442674714 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004046 035 $a(OCoLC)244768668 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10226396 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000295926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11229276 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000295926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10319173 035 $a(PQKB)11045318 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600711 035 $a(DE-B1597)464459 035 $a(OCoLC)1002270901 035 $a(OCoLC)1004886108 035 $a(OCoLC)1011475318 035 $a(OCoLC)1013948090 035 $a(OCoLC)946712791 035 $a(OCoLC)999366179 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442674714 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671495 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257205 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/wxbtvd 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/418154 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671495 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104739 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3257994 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004046 100 $a20160922h20012001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExiled from light $edivine law, morality, and violence in Milton's Samson Agonistes /$fDerek N.C. Wood 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001 215 $a1 online resource (270 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-4848-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 -- List of Works Consulted -- Index of Biblical Citations -- Index of Citations from the Works of John Milton -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W. 330 $aDespite 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. 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aEthics in literature 606 $aBible and law 608 $aLivres numeriques. 608 $ae-books. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 615 0$aBible and law. 676 $a822/.4 700 $aWood$b Derek N. C.$01503082 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780691103321 996 $aExiled from light$93731258 997 $aUNINA