Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyRoutledge, 2016 M12 5 - 217 pages In a reassessment of the long-accepted division between religion and enlightenment, Ana Acosta here traces a tissue of readings and adaptations of Genesis and Scriptural language from Milton through Rousseau to Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley. Acosta's interdisciplinary approach places these writers in the broader context of eighteenth-century political theory, biblical criticism, religious studies and utopianism. Acosta's argument is twofold: she establishes the importance of Genesis within utopian thinking, in particular the influential models of Milton and Rousseau; and she demonstrates that the power of these models can be explained neither by traditional religious paradigms nor by those of religion or philosophy. In establishing the relationship between biblical criticism and republican utopias, Acosta makes a solid case that important utopian visions are better understood against the background of Genesis interpretation. This study opens a new perspective on theories of secularization, and as such will interest scholars of religious studies, intellectual history, and philosophy as well as of literary studies. |
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... Utopia Within The Glorious Body 5 Frankenstein ; or , L'Education des. Milton's Suburban Development : Early Modern Paradise The Protestant Epic and the Spirit of Rationalism Every Man Is an Island ; or , the Portable Milton 3 The ...
... Utopia Within The Glorious Body 5 Frankenstein ; or , L'Education des. Milton's Suburban Development : Early Modern Paradise The Protestant Epic and the Spirit of Rationalism Every Man Is an Island ; or , the Portable Milton 3 The ...
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... petite ville au pied des Alpes The ABCs of Origin Portmanteau Words Manuscript Found in a Pocket A Most Bogus Utopia Whence Evil ? Or , the Bride of Frankenstein Bibliography Index List of Figures 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1 5.1 F. Haymon,
... petite ville au pied des Alpes The ABCs of Origin Portmanteau Words Manuscript Found in a Pocket A Most Bogus Utopia Whence Evil ? Or , the Bride of Frankenstein Bibliography Index List of Figures 1.1 2.1 3.1 4.1 5.1 F. Haymon,
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... utopian vision strives for the same amalgam of registers. At the same time, each genesis entails a theodicy, the chronicle ... utopia is confused, poorly constructed, and, most importantly, reveals itself as a patchwork of dead body parts ,
... utopian vision strives for the same amalgam of registers. At the same time, each genesis entails a theodicy, the chronicle ... utopia is confused, poorly constructed, and, most importantly, reveals itself as a patchwork of dead body parts ,
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... utopian longings it nevertheless continues to invoke : It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being ... utopia , demonstrating the artifactuality of the political as well as the poetical and scientific dreams ...
... utopian longings it nevertheless continues to invoke : It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being ... utopia , demonstrating the artifactuality of the political as well as the poetical and scientific dreams ...
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... utopia " and " ideology , " and argue that they coexist in the same manner as the split origin in Genesis . It will be helpful at this point to provide working definitions of these terms in anticipation of their use in the rest of the ...
... utopia " and " ideology , " and argue that they coexist in the same manner as the split origin in Genesis . It will be helpful at this point to provide working definitions of these terms in anticipation of their use in the rest of the ...
Contents
Dr Miltons Guide or the Utopia Within | |
The Passion of JeanJacques Rousseau or the Dystopia Within | |
Wollstonecrafts Body Politics or Philosophy in the Bedroom | |
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