Infernal Triad: The Flesh, the World, and the Devil in Spenser and Milton

by Patrick Cullen

Book Overview

One of the few theological formulas of medieval times to survive the scrutiny of the Reformation was that of the infernal triad of the sins of the Flesh, the World, and the Devil. Through a close analysis of the structural and thematic role that this triad plays in Books I and II of the Faerie Queene and in Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes, Patrick Cullen explores the imaginative continuity between two...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691618240
• ISBN13: 9780691618241
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"