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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... poetics . The basic questions are these : Why does John Milton , who in Tenure of Kings and Magistrates defends before all of Europe the beheading of Charles I of England , portray God as a king in Paradise Lost ? Why does the man who ...
... poetics . The basic questions are these : Why does John Milton , who in Tenure of Kings and Magistrates defends before all of Europe the beheading of Charles I of England , portray God as a king in Paradise Lost ? Why does the man who ...
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... poetic energy and the historical staying power of the idea of divine evil . But the Gnostics accused the creator of the physical world not to defame , but to defend , another image of God . When they argued that the creator is a dark ...
... poetic energy and the historical staying power of the idea of divine evil . But the Gnostics accused the creator of the physical world not to defame , but to defend , another image of God . When they argued that the creator is a dark ...
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... poetic God — imagined variously as the " great task- master " of Sonnet 7 and the Father of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained is closer to this conception of Yahweh than to the above- mentioned images of Jesus . The fundamental ...
... poetic God — imagined variously as the " great task- master " of Sonnet 7 and the Father of Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained is closer to this conception of Yahweh than to the above- mentioned images of Jesus . The fundamental ...
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... poetic and personal character . Furthermore , a careful analysis of the dialogue between the Father and the Son in Book 3 makes evident that the Yahweh presented in Genesis and Exodus is a powerful influence on the figure Milton ...
... poetic and personal character . Furthermore , a careful analysis of the dialogue between the Father and the Son in Book 3 makes evident that the Yahweh presented in Genesis and Exodus is a powerful influence on the figure Milton ...
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... poetic character makes the argument for ( or assertion of ) the absolute goodness of that character untenable . The ... poetic portrayals — hence , images of divinity , so also is Milton dealing with a poetic portrayal— an image of the ...
... poetic character makes the argument for ( or assertion of ) the absolute goodness of that character untenable . The ... poetic portrayals — hence , images of divinity , so also is Milton dealing with a poetic portrayal— an image of the ...
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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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