Cain Furens: Imitations Of Virgil and Ovid in Canto Six of Lucy Hutchinson's Order And Disorder
The article examines Lucy Hutchinson's treatment of Cain and Abel in Canto Six of her biblical epic Order and Disorder. Hutchinson mobilises the classical tradition to elucidate the psychodrama of the fratricide Cain. Her imitation of four similes from Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics, and the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2023
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Literature and theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 93-118 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture HB Old Testament KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDD Protestant Church NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NBL Doctrine of Predestination |
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Order and Disorder
B Calvinism B Virgil B Ovid B Metamorphoses B Georgics B Aeneid B Lucy Hutchinson |
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| Summary: | The article examines Lucy Hutchinson's treatment of Cain and Abel in Canto Six of her biblical epic Order and Disorder. Hutchinson mobilises the classical tradition to elucidate the psychodrama of the fratricide Cain. Her imitation of four similes from Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics, and the allegorical figure of Envy from Ovid's Metamorphoses, helps to convey the dramatic shifts in Cain's psychological and spiritual state. Moreover, Hutchinson’s evocation of the reprobate Cain's restlessness through intertextual engagement with Virgil supports the Calvinist doctrine of double predestination. In Order and Disorder, Virgil and Ovid's Roman poems are aids to embellishing and enhancing the narrative and theology of Hutchinson's biblical epic. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frad016 |