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The alternative trinity : gnostic heresy in Marlowe, Milton, and Blake
- Title
- The alternative trinity : gnostic heresy in Marlowe, Milton, and Blake / A.D. Nuttall.
- Author
- Nuttall, A. D. (Anthony David)
- Publication
- Oxford [United Kingdom] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Details
- Description
- 282 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- The Trinity of orthodox Christianity is harmonious. The Trinity for Blake is, conspicuously, not a happy family. This book explores the possibility of an underground 'perennial heresy', by examining the work of Marlowe, Milton and Blake.
- Subject
- Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593 > Religion
- Milton, John, 1608-1674 > Religion
- Blake, William, 1757-1827 > Religion
- Blake, William, 1757-1827
- Marlowe, Christopher, 1564-1593
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Blake, William 1757-1827
- Marlowe, Christopher 1564-1593
- Milton, John 1608-1674
- Marlowe, Christopher, (1564-1593) > Religion
- Milton, John, (1608-1674) > Religion
- Blake, William, (1757-1827) > Religion
- Marlowe, Christopher
- Milton, John
- Blake, William
- Religious literature, English > History and criticism
- Gnosticism in literature
- Christian heresies in literature
- Theology in literature
- Trinity in literature
- Religion
- Religious literature, English
- Gnosis
- Ophiten
- Trinität Motiv
- Gnosticisme
- Drie-eenheid
- Religion > Dans la littérature
- Littérature religieuse anglaise > Histoire et critique
- Religion et littérature
- Trinité > Dans la littérature
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- I. Blake: The Son Versus the Father -- II. Raising the Devil: Marlowe's Doctor Faustus. i. Calvinists and Hermetists. ii. Flying Men and Gnostics -- III. Milton. i. Satan's Shield. ii. Milton's Theodicy: The Argument from Freedom. iii. The Garden as Maze. iv. The Fortunate Fall. v. Arianism, Monism, Materialism. vi. The Invisible Christ. vii. The Language of Trees: Unstable Mythologies -- IV. Blake. i. Godly Nudists. ii. The Matrix of Blake's Thought. iii. Blake and Milton. iv. Antinomian Blake. v. Contraries.
- ISBN
- 019818462X
- 9780198184621
- 9780191674327
- 019167432X
- LCCN
- 97047537
- OCLC
- ocm38081671
- 38081671
- SCSB-537728
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library