Description: The Alternative Trinity: Gnostic Heresy in Marlowe, Milton, and Blake [Paperback] Nuttall, A. D. Product Overview 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's Doctor Faustus and even in Milton's Paradise 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. Read more Details Publisher : Oxford University Press; New edition (March 29, 2007) Language : English Paperback : 302 pages ISBN-10 : 019921316X ISBN-13 : 60 Item Weight : 14.4 ounces Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches Best Sellers Rank: #4,120,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #1,729 in English Literature #2,763 in Renaissance Literary Criticism (Books) #5,791 in British & Irish Literary Criticism (Books) #1,729 in English Literature #2,763 in Renaissance Literary Criticism (Books) We have been selling used books since 2012, and we've learned that the most important thing is doing good business. Honesty is our policy. Free Shipping We ship worldwide. We have multiple warehouses around the world, so please note the extended handling time on certain listings.
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ISBN: 019921316X
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ISBN13: 9780199213160
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Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Publication Name: Alternative Trinity : Gnostic Heresy in Marlowe, Milton, and Blake
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Subject: Subjects & Themes / Religion, Poetry, History, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2007
Item Weight: 13.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: A. D. Nuttall
Item Length: 8.4 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion
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