| Milton's Adam and Eve: Fallible Perfection Contributor(s): Musacchio, George (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820413267 ISBN-13: 9780820413266 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $60.28 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Religion | Christianity - Literature & The Arts |
| Dewey: 821.4 |
| LCCN: 90-49694 |
| Lexile Measure: 1340 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Are the Adam and Eve of Milton's "Paradise Lost" (1667; 1674) fallen before the Fall? Many readers think so, finding vanity in Eve and intemperate affections in Adam long before they eat the forbidden fruit. But this scholarly study demonstrates that they possess the -fallible perfection- of the Reformation doctrine of Original Righteousness. Read from the perspective of Milton's theological background, "Pardise Lost" presents human characters who are perfect but fallible, necessarily limited but not fallen until they disobey God." |