Joseph E Duncan Milton's Earthly Paradise sku-847274842

Milton's Earthly Paradise, listed under Joseph E Duncan in Christian Books & Bibles as sku-847274842, was first published in 1972. This Minnesota Archive Edition uses digital technology to make a previously unavailable book accessible without altering the original University of Minnesota Press edition.

The study traces changing Western interpretations of Eden from the Bible and classical literature through early Christian and medieval writing. It focuses on Paradise Lost in relation to Renaissance commentary and other literary treatments of paradise. Duncan examines Renaissance attempts to give the opening chapters of Genesis a credible, detailed and historically valid literal interpretation.

He discusses how that commentary informed Milton's treatment of paradise's location, its natural and rational features, and the typological relationship between earthly and celestial paradises. The book treats Milton's account of human origins alongside its literary qualities and the issues it raises.