Metamorphoses of Desire

Eden and the Boundaries of Literature

Dissertation Abtracts International, A, 48, 1987-1988, n° 5, p. 1197: "By studing the tropology of four Edenic scenes - Augustine's conversion (Confessions 8), Dante's reunion with Beatrice (Purgatory 28-33), Milton's description of Eden(Paradise Lost 4 and 9), and Derrida's reading of Rousseau's "f...

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Author:George Edward Humphrey
Published: Boston University, Boston, 1987
Total Pages:286
Format:Dissertation
Topic:- Works > Augustine writer > Rhetoric. Dialectic
- Works > Confessiones > Conf. VIII
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:Dissertation Abtracts International, A, 48, 1987-1988, n° 5, p. 1197: "By studing the tropology of four Edenic scenes - Augustine's conversion (Confessions 8), Dante's reunion with Beatrice (Purgatory 28-33), Milton's description of Eden(Paradise Lost 4 and 9), and Derrida's reading of Rousseau's "festival" (Of Grammatology 2.3.3) - I argue that the rhetorical and narratological strategies which these writers use in their journeys of return can be studied as models for the very process of literary change...".