Redemption and the Other: The Supernatural Narrator and the Intertextual (Sub)version of the Miltonic Command
Description:
In literary discourse from the Genesis creation myth through John Milton's Paradise Lost and beyond, Eve has been patriarchally considered to be the bringer of Sin and Death into the world. In Paradise Lost Eve is depicted as deceiving Adam into the Fall by way of the Serpent. Paradise Lost creates a Miltonic command that helps to further blame Woman for Sin and Death. Milton's poem is based on the Genesis creation myth written by Canaanite authors. In this myth the Canaanite authors wished to …
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Date:
May 2000
Creator:
Gowdy, Robert Douglas
Partner:
UNT Libraries