ENG 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Earthly Love, Predestination In Calvinism, Tyrant
12 Mar 2017
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February 14th herbert continued and introduction to paradise lost. Love (iii) : original final poem, stanza 1: so aware of earthly characteristics doesn"t want to enter church, love jesus: you, christian, are worthy to partake in communism, stanza 2: christian who feels unworthy. No predestination, which doesn"t equal calvinist predestination: rejected doctrine of the trinity. Isolates adjectives in different way: (epic) similes, meter, associated self with classics who didn"t rhyme fabulous self-importance the measure is english heroic verse without rhyme (from before book 1) rhyme is constraining, but he has more freedom. Intro to genre of paradise lost encyclopedia of literary forms: epic great novel/poem. Rewriting it in christian terms: romance, drama, pastoral/idyllic nature scenes, lyrics. Typology vs allegory: typology old testament characters prefigures characters in new testament, adam prefigures christ, allegory: in characters you see philosophical/moral truths (ie redcrosse from faerie.
