Learning and the Knowledge of Faith in Paradise Regained
Description:
In Book IV of Paradise Regained, Satan tempts Christ by offering him the learning of the Greek philosophers, poets, and orators. Christ's response is a vehement denigration of Greek literature, which seems to contradict the praise of the classics found in Milton's prose works of the 1640s. Interpreting the condemnation of Greek learning in Paradise Regained as a modification of the poet's early attitudes, the present study examines the biographical, political, theological, and scientific factor…
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Date:
December 1982
Creator:
Ryan, Patrick R. (Patrick Russell)
Partner:
UNT Libraries