Mass
Lehnhof, K. R. (2007), Scatology and the Sacred in Milton's Paradise Lost. English Literary Renaissance, 37: 429–449. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6757.2007.00110.x
This passage contradicts Adam's idealizing description with how God has been portrayed throughout the epic. Adam is very interested in learning about his creation and how he came to be, while the general view of God is to keep those topics hidden away from view. Another contradiction is the passage "brooding” over the abyss and “infus[ing]” the fluid mass with “vital vertue" is saying that God was playing the role of both the mother and the father.
This passage contradicts Adam's idealizing description with how God has been portrayed throughout the epic. Adam is very interested in learning about his creation and how he came to be, while the general view of God is to keep those topics hidden away from view. Another contradiction is the passage "brooding” over the abyss and “infus[ing]” the fluid mass with “vital vertue" is saying that God was playing the role of both the mother and the father.
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