The Alternative Trinity: Gnostic Heresy In Marlowe, Milton, And Blake
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The Alternative Trinity: Gnostic Heresy In Marlowe, Milton, And Blake
The Trinity of orthodox Christianity is harmonious. The Trinity for Blake is, conspicuously, not a happy family: the Father and the Son do not get on. It might be thought that so cumbersome a notion is inconceivable before the rise of Romanticism but the Ophite Gnostics of the second century AD appear to have thought that God the Father was a jealous tyrant because he forbade Adam and Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge and that the serpent, who led the way to the Tree of Knowledge, was really Christ. This book explores the possibility of an underground "perennial heresy," linking the Ophites to Blake. The "alternative Trinity" is intermittently visible in Marlowe'sDoctor Faustus and even in Milton'sParadise Lost. Blake's notorious detection of a pro-Satan anti-poem, latent in this "theologically patriarchal" epic is less capricious, better grounded historically and philosophically, than is commonly realized.Review"Nuttall is constantly illuminating and informative."--Times Literary Supplement"Nuttall offers some engaging expositions of familiar material and some useful citations of less familiar lore. Recommended for graduate collections and research collections."--ChoiceAbout the AuthorA. D. Nuttall is Professor of English and Fellow of New College, Oxford. His previous books includeWhy Does Tragedy Give Pleasure? andDead from the Waist Down.
Specification of The Alternative Trinity: Gnostic Heresy In Marlowe, Milton, And Blake
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Author | Nuttall, A. D. |
Binding | Paperback |
Language | English |
Edition | New edition |
ISBN-10 | 019921316 |
ISBN-13 | 9780199213160 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication Year | 29-03-2007 |
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