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OverviewThis is an acclaimed study of the understanding of sex and gender in the early modern period, examining in particular Milton's interventions in these debates.Focusing on contemporary readings of the Eden-myth in Genesis, the book shows that the reconstruction of Paradisal marriage raised many problems of interpretation. How can the cryptic and contradictory elements of Genesis be reconciled? Was sexuality the `True Paradise' or the destroying serpent? Since Genesis pronounces knowledge and imagination `evil', how can the interpreter arrive at the truth? Is Paradise Lost forever, or can we `force through the Fire-sword' and regain the Edenic state? These questions, perennial sources of contradiction in the Christian tradition, come to a head in the turmoil of Milton's lifetime, and they were particularly urgent for the poet himself, caught up in the problems of a failed marriage but unwilling to give up his vision of Paradisal sexuality.James Grantham Turner's accomplished and incisive analysis of Milton's confrontation with his precursors and contemporaries established him as a monumental but divided figure - torn between radical and conservative mentalities, between eroticism and hatred of the flesh, and between patriarchal and egalitarian conceptions of Paradisal marriage. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James Grantham Turner (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of California, Berkeley)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Clarendon Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.429kg ISBN: 9780198182498ISBN 10: 019818249 Pages: 338 Publication Date: 17 February 1994 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsWith great erudition and elegance, Turner locates Milton's epic and his divorce tracts amid the premodern debates over the nature of sexuality ... an unusual but ultimately successful hybrid of the history of ideas and the new historicism. Seventeenth-Century News Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |