Milton’s Tutelary Angels

IF 0.2 3区文学 Q2 Arts and Humanities STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 Pub Date : 2020-03-12 DOI:10.1353/sel.2020.0005

J. Macdonald

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Abstract

Abstract:This article explores Milton’s representations of the tutelary angel. While patristic tradition envisaged separate angels watching over each believer, John Calvin instead conceived them as a ubiquitous army, any of whom might be called upon to execute God’s will. As poet and theologian, Milton introduces Raphael and Michael as guardians with distinct identities at the same time that he declines to assign Adam’s or Eve’s care to any single angel. This pluralized vision of heavenly protection creates an affective theodicy, furnishing a social world about Eden that nevertheless skirts the characteristic Satanic error of interposing hierarchies between God and his creatures.

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弥尔顿的守护天使

摘要:本文探讨了弥尔顿对守护天使的描绘。教父传统设想有单独的天使守护每个信徒，而约翰·加尔文却把他们想象成无处不在的军队，他们中的任何一个都可能被召唤去执行上帝的旨意。作为诗人和神学家，弥尔顿把拉斐尔和米迦勒介绍为具有不同身份的守护者，同时他拒绝将亚当或夏娃的照顾分配给任何一个天使。这种对天堂保护的多元愿景创造了一种有效的神正论，提供了一个关于伊甸园的社会世界，但却避开了撒旦在上帝和他的创造物之间插入等级制度的典型错误。

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STUDIES IN ENGLISH LITERATURE 1500-1900 LITERATURE, BRITISH ISLES-

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期刊介绍： SEL focuses on four fields of British literature in rotating, quarterly issues: English Renaissance, Tudor and Stuart Drama, Restoration and Eighteenth Century, and Nineteenth Century. The editors select learned, readable papers that contribute significantly to the understanding of British literature from 1500 to 1900. SEL is well known for thecommissioned omnibus review of recent studies in the field that is included in each issue. In a single volume, readers might find an argument for attributing a previously unknown work to Shakespeare or de-attributing a famous work from Milton, a study ofthe connections between class and genre in the Restoration Theater.

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