[Milton-L] Daughter of God and man, immortal Eve!

[EHF Hercock]

Hi list,

> 
> I had this idea about Adam's calling Eve 'Daughter of God and man,
> immortal Eve!' and how the line doesn't really make sense without the
> expectation of an audience sitting up and saying 'wait a minute, sure
> Eve is famous, but she's not immortal, she's (in the text) the cause of
> mortality' and 'hey, the other daughter with the weird parentage in PL
> is Sin'. The readers don't have to talk like this, and in fact I think
> there's huge pathos in the line.
> 
> Only, I'm pretty sure it's not my idea, in fact, I think it might be
> Stanley Fish's, but I can't find him making it anywhere (I have looked
> at /Surprised by Sin/, /Is there a text..?/ and /How Milton Works/). I
> wonder if it rings any bells for you?
> 
> Yours,
> Ned Hercock
> Queens'