Sanctifying Rites in Milton's A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634
This article seeks to challenge Stanley Fish's picture of the heroine of Milton's Comus as a complete and immaculate soul, and thus a static one with no need to grow. In conversation with Book II of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, I argue that Milton presents the Christian virtues as...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2019]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2019, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 193-212 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Ritual
B Comus B Milton B Spenser B Masques |
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| Summary: | This article seeks to challenge Stanley Fish's picture of the heroine of Milton's Comus as a complete and immaculate soul, and thus a static one with no need to grow. In conversation with Book II of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, I argue that Milton presents the Christian virtues as developed through the ritual enactment of prevenient grace. Thus, the pattern for the Lady's growth into sanctified maturity is a ceremonial or even liturgical movement intended to lead masquers and audience heavenward. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333118790583 |