Anxiety in Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Paradise Lost

by John S. Tanner

Tanner uses Kierkegaard's thought, particularly his theory of anxiety, to enrich and enliven a bold new reading of Milton's Paradise Lost. He argues that for Milton and Kierkegaard, the path to sin and to salvation lies through anxiety, that both the poet and the philosopher include anxiety--along with pain, suffering, and paradox--within the compass of paradise. The first half of the work explores anxiety in Eden before the Fall, providing fresh...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195072049
• ISBN13: 9780195072044
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"