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Paradise impaired
| Title: | Paradise impaired: duality in Paradise lost. |
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| Name(s): |
Bernhard, Katherine Joy. Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Thesis | |
| Issuance: | multipart monograph | |
| Date Issued: | 2006 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: |
electronic electronic resource |
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| Extent: | v, 53 leaves. | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This thesis examines the duality of meaning conveyed by John Milton's use of language in the epic poem, Paradise Lost, specifically repetition, pairing, alliteration and puns. Following a long tradition of close readings, especially critics RA. Shoaf and Christopher Ricks, I argue that Milton conceives the Fall of Adam and Eve as a falling into polysemy, or multiplicity of signification. Very few critics have undertaken a close reading of words that signal coupling in the poem, and their relationship to pairs and oppositions relevant to Genesis. Shoaf identifies pairs and oppositions in the poem as duals and duels, and connects them to binaries in the theology. However, he overlooks a great deal of evidence which supports his theory of the dual and the duel, and also disregards many significant examples of duality in Milton's wordplay that other critics identify, including alliterative pairs and words that convey ancient etymologies. | |
| Identifier: | 314773772 (oclc), 11595 (digitool), FADT11595 (IID), fau:1327 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Katherine Joy Bernhard. Typescript (Photocopy). Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Honors College, 2006. Bibliography: leaves 52-53. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2006 Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 Milton, John, 1608-1674 Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Language Narration (Rhetoric) Discourse analysis, Narrative Semiotics |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/11595 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | Copyright © is held by the author, with permission granted to Florida Atlantic University to digitize, archive and distribute this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires permission of the copyright holder. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
