[Milton-L] Samson as suicide bomber

[Michael Bryson]

Peter Herman argues for something like this point of
view in Destabilizing Milton--at least for the idea
that the failure of the Revolution had a profound
effect on Milton's thought. I tend to agree.

Michael Bryson

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  Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 15:41:31 -0400
  From: James Rovira <jamesrovira at gmail.com>
  Subject: Re: [Milton-L] Samson as suicide bomber
  To: John Milton Discussion List
  <milton-l at lists.richmond.edu>
  >Thanks, Derek. That's plausible. Do you think
  it's possible the
  >blind Samson bringing down the temple around him,
  killing all the
  >idolaters, is perhaps a figure of Milton's
  despair and anger at the
  >failure of the Revolution? Or of the despair and
  anger of the
  >Revolution itself?
  >
  >Jim R
  >
  >On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Derek Wood
  <dwood at stfx.ca> wrote:
  >> James (see excerpt below),
  >>
  >> Something that puts me at odds with some
  commentators on Milton's Samson, is that I believe
  his thought changes profoundly after the failure
  of the Revolution: not everything, but some very
  important beliefs.
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