The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton's Rejection of God as KingUniversity of Delaware Press, 2004 - 208 The Tyranny of Heaven argues for a new way of reading the figure of Milton's God, contending that Milton rejects kings on earth and in heaven. Though Milton portrays God as a king in Paradise Lost, he does this neither to endorse kingship nor to recommend a monarchical model of deity. Instead, he recommends the Son, who in Paradise Regained rejects external rule as the model of politics and theology for Milton's fit audience though few. The portrait of God in Paradise Lost serves as a scathing critique of the English people and its slow but steady backsliding into the political habits of a nation long used to living under the yoke of kingship, a nation that maintained throughout its brief period of liberty the image of God as a heavenly king, and finally welcomed with open arms the return of a human king. Michael Bryson is a Visiting Assistant Professor of English at Northwestern University. |
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... Christian poetry , English — History and criticism . 4. Milton , John , 1608-1674 — Religion . 5 . Theology — History — 17th century . 6. God in literature . I. Title . PR3562.B75 2004 821'.4 — dc21 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF ...
... Christian poetry , English — History and criticism . 4. Milton , John , 1608-1674 — Religion . 5 . Theology — History — 17th century . 6. God in literature . I. Title . PR3562.B75 2004 821'.4 — dc21 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF ...
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... Christian God have resolutely refused to be dispelled throughout the ages . The Gnostic image of an evil god has not died , as have the images of Greek and Meso- potamian divinities ; as late as the nineteenth century , " Gnostic " im ...
... Christian God have resolutely refused to be dispelled throughout the ages . The Gnostic image of an evil god has not died , as have the images of Greek and Meso- potamian divinities ; as late as the nineteenth century , " Gnostic " im ...
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... Christians , the goodness of the supreme God was simply assumed . What was at issue was not God's goodness , but the ... Christian readers who , to their dismay ( and often outrage ) see in his Father a character who is as far from the ...
... Christians , the goodness of the supreme God was simply assumed . What was at issue was not God's goodness , but the ... Christian readers who , to their dismay ( and often outrage ) see in his Father a character who is as far from the ...
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... Christian who loves his God . Milton's " great task - master " is not a figure of unconditional love , but is , rather , a maker of de- mands , a setter of standards , a white - gloved inspector looking for dust in the corners of his ...
... Christian who loves his God . Milton's " great task - master " is not a figure of unconditional love , but is , rather , a maker of de- mands , a setter of standards , a white - gloved inspector looking for dust in the corners of his ...
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... ( Christian ) read- ers of Milton's texts is wide enough to have caused long - standing interpretive conflicts , disputes based , in part , on an unhelpful con- flation of theology and religion . A theological approach to Milton does not ...
... ( Christian ) read- ers of Milton's texts is wide enough to have caused long - standing interpretive conflicts , disputes based , in part , on an unhelpful con- flation of theology and religion . A theological approach to Milton does not ...
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His Tyranny Who Reigns The Biblical Roots of Divine Kingship and Miltons Rejection of Heavns King in Prose and Poetry | 42 |
Who durst defy th Omnipotent to Arms Satans Fall from Hero to King | 77 |
That far be from thee Divine Evil Justification and the Evolution of the Son from WarriorKing to Hero | 112 |
Tempt not the Lord thy God The End of Kingship and the Awareness of Divine Similitude in Paradise Regained | 148 |
Notes | 171 |
Works Cited | 195 |
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