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One flesh [electronic resource] : paradisal marriage and sexual relations in the age of Milton / James Grantham Turner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, James, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.
- Milton, John.
- Marriage in literature.
- Sex in literature.
- Bible--In literature.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Marriage--History--17th century.
- Marriage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 320 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- One flesh
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon, 1987.
- Summary:
- What understanding of sex could be gained, in the early modern period, from the Eden myth in Genesis? Reconstructing paradisal marriage raised many problems of interpretation. This study won the James Holly Hanford Award of the Milton Society of America.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780191673818 (ebook) :
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