Exiled From Light: Divine Law, Morality, and Violence in Milton''s Samson Agonistes
ISBN: 9781442674714
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Toronto Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Milton John 1608–1674. Samson Agonistes; Samson (Biblical judge) -- In literature;

Wood proposes that Milton's Samson is an emblematic embodiment of Old Testament consciousness as rigorous, incomplete, literalistic, and uncomprehending, fashioned by the old Mosaic Law, without the amelioration of Christ's charity and forgiveness.


Wood Derek N.C. :

Derek N.C. Wood is Professor of English at St Francis Xavier University.

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