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91	The Hybrid Hero in Early Modern English Literature: A Synthesis of Classical and Contemplative Heroism Ponce, Timothy Matthew 12 1900 (has links) In his Book of the Courtier, Castiglione appeals to the Renaissance notion of self-fashioning, the idea that individuals could shape their identity rather than relying solely on the influence of external factors such as birth, social class, or fate. While other early modern authors explore the practice of self-fashioning—Niccolò Machiavelli, for example, surveys numerous princes identifying ways they have molded themselves—Castiglione emphasizes the necessity of modeling one's-self after a variety of sources, "[taking] various qualities now from one man and now from another." In this way, Castiglione advocates for a self-fashioning grounded in a discriminating kind of synthesis, the generation of a new ideal form through the selective combination of various source materials. While Castiglione focuses on the moves necessary for an individual to fashion himself through this act of discriminatory mimesis, his views can explain the ways authors of the period use source material in the process of textual production. As poets and playwrights fashioned their texts, they did so by consciously combining various source materials in order to create not individuals, as Castiglione suggests, but characters to represent new cultural ideals and values. Early moderns viewed the process of textual, as well as cultural production, as a kind of synthesis. Creation through textual fusion is particularly common in early modern accounts of the heroic, in which authors synthesize classical conceptions of the hero, which privilege the completion of martial feats, and Christian notions of the heroic, based on the contemplative nature of Christ. In this dissertation, I demonstrate how Thomas Kyd in The Spanish Tragedy (1585), Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene (1590), William Shakespeare in Titus Andronicus (1594), and John Milton in A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle (1632) syncretized classical and Christian notions of the heroic ideal in order to comment upon and shape political, social, and literary discourses. By recognizing this fusion of classical heroism with contemplative heroism, we gain a more nuanced understanding of the reception of classical ideas within an increasingly secular society. Heroes in literature.
92	The Early Modern Space: (Cartographic) Literature and the Author in Place Myers, Michael C. 01 January 2015 (has links) In geography, maps are a tool of placement which locate both the cartographer and the territory made cartographic. In order to place objects in space, the cartographer inserts his own judgment into the scheme of his design. During the Early Modern period, maps were no longer suspicious icons as they were in the Middle Ages and not yet products of science, but subjects of discourse and works of art. The image of a cartographer’s territory depended on his vision—both the nature and placement of his gaze—and the product reflected that author’s judgment. This is not a study of maps as such but of Early Modern literature, cartographic by nature—the observations of the author were the motif of its design. However, rather than concretize observational judgment through art, the Early Modern literature discussed asserts a reverse relation—the generation of the material which may be observed, the reality, by the views of authors. Spatiality is now an emerging philosophical field of study, taking root in the philosophy of Deleuze & Guattari. Using the notion prevalent in both Postmodern and Early Modern spatiality, which makes of perception a collective delusion with its roots in the critique of Kant, this thesis draws a through-line across time, as texts such as Robert Burton’s An Anatomy of Melancholy, Thomas More’s Utopia, and selections from William Shakespeare display a tendency to remove value from the standard of representation, to replace meaning with cognition and prioritize a view of views over an observable world. Only John Milton approaches perception as possibly referential to objective reality, by re-inserting his ability to observe and exist in that reality, in a corpus which becomes less generative simulations of material than concrete signposts to his judgment in the world. Anatomy Cartographic gaze Cartography Deleuze & guattari Early modern Emblem Embodiment Gaze Icarian Identity John milton Kant Lefebvre Map making Objectivity Ocular Renaissance Representation Robert burton Semiotics Shakespeare Simulation Spatiality Symbols Territorialization Thomas more Trajectory Utopia English Language and Literature
93	The Rhetoric of Propriety in Puritan Sermon Writing and Poetics Neel, Paul Joseph 28 November 2012 (has links) No description available. Aesthetics American Literature Bible British and Irish Literature Ethics Literature Philosophy Rhetoric propriety rhetoric dialectic puritan preaching sermon poetics Aristotle Cicero Augustine King James Version Geneva Bible William Perkins John Milton Edward Taylor
94	Revolutionary Satan: A Reevaluation of the Devil's Place in Paradise Lost Lavelle, William H. 30 April 2015 (has links) No description available. British and Irish Literature Literature Milton John Milton Satan revolution English Revolution English Civil War Paradise Lost 16th century England Devil God Eden Genesis epic poetry political republican revolutionary rebel revolt
95	Religious Toleration in English Literature from Thomas More to John Milton Pepperney, Justin R. 09 September 2009 (has links) No description available. English literature Literature Religion Renaissance John Milton John Foxe Robert Parsons Jesuit Thomas More Utopia Polemic Prose Poetry Persecution Rhetoric Equivocation Religious Toleration Shakespeare Spenser Polemical Paradise lost English Catholic
96	Att göra kaos i ett cisnormativt kosmos : en laborerande studie av den transteoretiska och-aktivistiska samvaron med Satan Jangmyr, Michelle January 2015 (has links) The purpose of this paper is to present an opening to argue for a transtheoretical and - activist fellowship with Satan and the values connected to hir. A transactivist fellows-hip with Satan builds on two primary points of contact. It is on one hand the opportu-nity to take advantage of the non-conformist, non-normative and polemical signifi-cance Satan has been attributed, especially in the history of literature, but also in the history of religion. And on the other hand this study also dwells upon how Satan as a figure has served as an expression of evilness, hatred, darkness and suffering amongst people. The questions i ask, is if there is a course that allows me to theorize for a stra-tegic collaboration between the transactivist struggle and the ideas that is connected to the satanfigure in John Miltons Paradise Lost. I also ask if there is a transtheoretical-and activist approach where Satan can function as an ally within the transactivist re-sistance. The purpose of this paper also carries on a confrontation with the notion of ”tone-policing", and love and tenderness as the only sanctioned (and praised) incenti-ves for political struggle. In this thesis I make a link between the logic that connects to Satan as an ideological basis and a non-conformist (militant), seperatist, anti-capi-talist and queer attitude in transactivist struggle. With the help of Susan Stryker's the-ory of the monsteridentity I will experiment with extracts from John Milton's Paradise Lost, where the Satan figure and the transactivist position builds on a fellowship as my analysis proceeds. To do this i use a queer-deleuzian tool as a method that focuses on textual framings within the idea of spatial relations, meaning how the actual text can and should correspond with discourses outside its territorial space. This allow me to di-sengage Satan from its original amplitude, and instead of interpreting how Satan handles hirself in Paradise Lost, i will liberate Satan from this narrative and create a relation between hir and my thesis. In this way I create an occasion, through a theore-tical approach to trans-subjectivity as comparable to the perception of the monster as a non-normative figure, to bring the transgendered monster together with the satanic monster. The ”what” that will subsequently crystallize during the analysis have the intention to tell the story about the ways in which the non-confirmative transactivist have in common with Satan. After doing this i will conclude my thesis with a discus-sion that reflects on how this fellowship has evolved in relation to the proposed politi-cal and emotional connections between the non-confomative transactivist and Satan. transactivism transtheory cisnormativity Satan transgender rage tone- policing Paradise Lost satanic transactivism satanic transtheory non-conformity satanism John Milton Susan Stryker satanic feminism Per Faxneld monstruoisty chaos hate hell darkness queer-deluzian transgender monster monster identity transaktivism transteori cisnormativitet Satan transaktivisk vrede god ton Paradise Lost satanistisk transaktivism satanistisk transteori icke-konformism satanism John Milton Susan Stryker satanic feminism satanistisk feminism Per Faxneld monstrositet kaos hat helvetet queerdeluziansk trans monster monstruös identitet
97	A schizoanalytic reading of paradise lost and the waste land Duffy, Clifford January 2008 (has links) Thèse numérisée par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal. Capitalisme Capitalism Corps sans organes Body-without-organs Devenirs Becomings Dieu God Machine désirante desire-machine Immanence Immanence Intensité Intensity Lignes de fuite Line of flight Moderne Modern Poésie Poetry Remise en voix Rhizome Rhizome Satan Satan Schizoanalyse Schizoanalysis Transcendance Transcendance Paradise Lost The Waste Land Gilles deleuze T.S. Eliot Félix Guttari John Milton
98	A schizoanalytic reading of paradise lost and the waste land Duffy, Clifford January 2008 (has links) Thèse numérisée par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal Capitalisme Capitalism Corps sans organes Body-without-organs Devenirs Becomings Dieu God Machine désirante desire-machine Immanence Immanence Intensité Intensity Lignes de fuite Line of flight Moderne Modern Poésie Poetry Remise en voix Rhizome Rhizome Satan Satan Schizoanalyse Schizoanalysis Transcendance Transcendance Paradise Lost The Waste Land Gilles deleuze T.S. Eliot Félix Guttari John Milton
99	The Aesthetics of Sin: Beauty and Depravity in Early Modern English Literature Jeffrey, Anthony Cole 12 1900 (has links) This dissertation argues that early modern writers such as William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, George Herbert, John Milton, and Andrew Marvell played a critical role in the transition from the Neoplatonic philosophy of beauty to Enlightenment aesthetics. I demonstrate how the Protestant Reformation, with its special emphasis on the depravity of human nature, prompted writers to critique models of aesthetic judgment and experience that depended on high faith in human goodness and rationality. These writers in turn used their literary works to popularize skepticism about the human mind's ability to perceive and appreciate beauty accurately. In doing so, early modern writers helped create an intellectual culture in which aesthetics would emerge as a distinct branch of philosophy. Early Modern Renaissance Aesthetics Theology Beauty Sin Depravity Calvinism Protestant religion Reformation John Calvin William Shakespeare Thomas Middleton George Herbert John Donne John Milton Andrew Marvell Aesthetics in literature Sin in literature Aesthetics, Modern -- 16th century Aesthetics, Modern -- 17th century sixteenth century (dates CE) seventeenth century (dates CE)
100	John Milton’’s Bible: Biblical Resonance in Paradise Lost Stallard, Matthew S. 24 September 2008 (has links) No description available. Bible Clergy English literature History Judaic Studies Language Language Arts Literature Philosophy Religion Religious Congregations Religious Education Religious History Theology John Milton Paradise Lost Bible Old Testament New Testament Jehovah's Witnesses King James Version Authorized Version Great Bible Bishop's Bible Geneva Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Renaissance Literature

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