米尔顿的骑士悲剧：《失乐园》第9卷浪漫主义的坚守

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Milton Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-19 DOI:10.5325/miltonstudies.62.1.0136

T. Cook

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摘要

摘要：关于他创作亚瑟王史诗的计划，米尔顿最重要的一句话出现在《失乐园》第9卷的序言中，在这本书中，他似乎拒绝用骑士浪漫的琐碎来贬低他目前的计划。他的崇高主题将是亚当和夏娃的悲剧。米尔顿对堕落的描述显然是一场具有古典先例的基督教悲剧。然而，从它遵循浪漫惯例的频率来看，《失乐园》第9本书也可以被解读为一场骑士悲剧，这种模式不仅为米尔顿的同时代人所熟悉，而且非常适合他的政治议程和对亚瑟文学的终身热爱。事实上，该项目并没有完全拒绝浪漫，只是一种与保皇党宣传有关的特殊模式。相反，它的目的是让读者以真正的浪漫方式，为主人公在这一类型更肤浅的装饰和真正骑士的正义追求之间的选择做好准备。

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Milton's Chivalric Tragedy: The Persistence of Romance in Book 9 of Paradise Lost

abstract:Milton's most consequential statement regarding his plans for an Arthurian epic occurs in the proem to book 9 of Paradise Lost, in which he seemingly refuses to debase his current project with the trivialities of chivalric romance. His loftier subject will instead be the tragedy of Adam and Eve. Milton's account of the Fall is obviously a Christian tragedy with classical precedents. However, judging by the frequency with which it follows romance conventions, book 9 of Paradise Lost can also be read as a chivalric tragedy, a mode not only familiar to Milton's contemporaries but also well suited to his political agenda and lifelong fondness for Arthurian literature. In fact, the proem does not reject romance outright, only a particular model associated with royalist propaganda. Its purpose is instead to prepare the reader, in true romance fashion, for the hero's choice between the genre's more superficial trappings and the righteous quests of the truly chivalrous.

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Milton Studies POETRY-

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0.40

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期刊介绍： Milton Studies is published annually by the University of Pittsburgh Press as a forum for Milton scholarship and criticism.