| Exiled From Light: Divine Law, Morality, and Violence in Milton''s Samson Agonistes 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. |