designs and trials in Paradise Lost Waddington, Raymond B. creator text bibliography Electronic books. onc Toronto Buffalo University of Toronto Press ©2012 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages ): illustrations. "What is the role of providence in Paradise Lost? In Looking into Providences, Raymond B. Waddington provides the first examination of this engaging subject. He explores the variety of implicit organizational structures or designs that govern Paradise Lost, and looks in-depth at the trials, or testing situations, which require interpretation, choice, and action from its characters. Waddington situates the poem within the context of providentialism's centrality to seventeenth-century thought and life, arguing that Milton's own conception of providence was deeply influenced by the theology of Jacob Arminius. Using Milton's Arminian conception of free will, he then looks at the providential trials experienced by angels and humans. Finally, the work explores the ways in which providentialism infiltrates various kinds of discourse, ranging from military to medical, and from political to philosophical."--Jacket. Providence and providences -- Memory and the art of composition -- Satan's Machiavellian enterprise : force and fraud -- Providence working : the son and the adversary -- Possessing Eve : Tobias and Sarah in Eden -- Murder one : blood, soul, and mortalism -- Providential design : the death and conversion of Adam. Raymond B. Waddington. Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-299) and index. Milton, John 1608-1674 Milton, John 1608-1674 Milton, John 1608-1674 Providence and government of God in literature Providence divine dans la littérature LITERARY CRITICISM Medieval POETRY English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Providence and government of God in literature PR3562 .W24 2012 821/.4 (DLC) 2012462297 (OCoLC)781535923 9781442696068 1442696060 22573/ctt2jzscw JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682917 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=682917 YDX 161109 20200709060037.0 ocn962352901 eng