Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century: From Milton to Mary ShelleyRoutledge, 05/12/2016 - 217 من الصفحات 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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... fictions of Edenic life invoked by such theories. One of the reasons for this was that Rousseau was preoccupied not just with the underlying political theory but with the proper language, tone, and rhythm with which to communicate that ...
... fictions of Edenic life invoked by such theories. One of the reasons for this was that Rousseau was preoccupied not just with the underlying political theory but with the proper language, tone, and rhythm with which to communicate that ...
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... dreams . Frankenstein underlines the primary argument of this book : the ideals of Milton , Rousseau , and Wollstonecraft are not constructed through political praxis , but through art . Read first as fictions , these.
... dreams . Frankenstein underlines the primary argument of this book : the ideals of Milton , Rousseau , and Wollstonecraft are not constructed through political praxis , but through art . Read first as fictions , these.
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... fictions , these writings reveal the tensions inherent in the appropriation of Genesis : myth asserting itself as history through the mode of rewriting , I call the prophetic voice . 5 As the Hebrew Bible began to be divested of its ...
... fictions , these writings reveal the tensions inherent in the appropriation of Genesis : myth asserting itself as history through the mode of rewriting , I call the prophetic voice . 5 As the Hebrew Bible began to be divested of its ...
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... fictional ideal society, has received little mention beyond a few sentences in the Manuels' mammoth survey.28 The exegetical preface was so little regarded that it has been “set aside” in its The Armchair Traveler and the Wandering ...
... fictional ideal society, has received little mention beyond a few sentences in the Manuels' mammoth survey.28 The exegetical preface was so little regarded that it has been “set aside” in its The Armchair Traveler and the Wandering ...
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... fiction fantasy.”29 Nevertheless, Casanova's reading, while meticulous in regard to the Church Fathers, and firmly maintaining the authorial unity of the Pentateuch, constitutes perhaps the most radical application of the documentary ...
... fiction fantasy.”29 Nevertheless, Casanova's reading, while meticulous in regard to the Church Fathers, and firmly maintaining the authorial unity of the Pentateuch, constitutes perhaps the most radical application of the documentary ...
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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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