Milton and the Parables of Jesus

Self-Representation and the Bible in John Milton’s Writings

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvDavid V. Urban,David V. (Calvin College) Urban

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In Milton and the Parables of Jesus, David V. Urban examines Milton’s self-referential use of figures from the New Testament parables in his works of poetry and prose.Urban’s informative introduction explores the history of parable interpretation and the writings of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Reformed biblical commentators, including John Calvin, Matthew Poole, and John Trapp, whose approaches to interpreting the parables resemble Milton’s own. Urban then goes on to analyze Milton’s early poetry and prose; his great epic, Paradise Lost; and his final major poetic works, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes. By chronologically tracing Milton’s habit of identifying himself both directly and indirectly with figures represented in Jesus’s parables, Urban delves deeply into the development of Milton’s attitudes toward himself, God, and society. This comprehensive study opens up a new avenue of inquiry regarding Milton’s hermeneutic of parables and his writings as a whole. Urban’s insightful analysis will be invaluable to scholars and students of John Milton, early modern Christianity and literature, and the Reformation.

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Utgivningsdatum2019-11-19
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMedieval & Renaissance Literary Studies
Antal sidor328
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271085050

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Milton’s Hermeneutic of Parables, Milton’s Parabolic ImaginationPart 1: The Parable of the Talents and the Parable of the Laborers1. The Talented Mr. Milton: A Parabolic Laborer and His Identity2. Samson’s Late Call: Parabolic Tension and Resolution in Samson Agonistes3. Abdiel and the Son: Milton’s Ideal Relationship with the Two Parables in Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedPart 2: The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins4. A “Virgin Wise and Pure”: Parabolic Self-Reference in Sonnet 95. The Wise Virgin in Action: The Lady of A Mask6. Wise Virginity Lost in Paradise Lost7. Perfect and Recovered Virginity in Paradise Regained and Samsom AgonistesPart 3: The Parable of the Householder8. “Out of His Treasury Things New and Old”: The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce and De Doctrina Christiana9. Milton’s Epic Narrators and the Son and Mary in Paradise Regained10. Internal and External Scripture in Samson AgonistesNotesIndex