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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... positions is one I have encountered frequently over the years , but only between the covers of scholarly tomes . I cannot find this Mil- ton — a literary prophet unambiguously on the side of the angels— merely by searching through the ...
... positions is one I have encountered frequently over the years , but only between the covers of scholarly tomes . I cannot find this Mil- ton — a literary prophet unambiguously on the side of the angels— merely by searching through the ...
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... position of unwelcome guests at an exclusive gathering . Learning about the theological background of Milton's poetry is a far cry from having to uncritically accept the assumptions of that background ; it is also a far cry from having ...
... position of unwelcome guests at an exclusive gathering . Learning about the theological background of Milton's poetry is a far cry from having to uncritically accept the assumptions of that background ; it is also a far cry from having ...
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... position that merely expresses a preference for one's own way of life , and toward a position that posits one's own way of life as the way of life . To move from " Thou shalt have no other gods before me " ( Exod . 20 : 3 ) to " I am ...
... position that merely expresses a preference for one's own way of life , and toward a position that posits one's own way of life as the way of life . To move from " Thou shalt have no other gods before me " ( Exod . 20 : 3 ) to " I am ...
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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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