Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Dodds, Lara
Committee Member
Claggett, Shalyn
Committee Member
Anderson, Thomas
Date of Degree
5-1-2010
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
English
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of English
Abstract
This study sets John Milton’s Paradise Lost in dialogue with Lucy Hutchinson’s Order and Disorder, concentrating on each poem’s portrayal of the Christian redemption narrative as interpreted through typology. Specifically, I focus on the absence of a positive feminine type in Books 11 and 12 of Paradise Lost and relocate it in Order and Disorder in the characters, Sarah and Rebecca. In regard to typology, Milton adheres to a traditional typology steeped in patriarchy, which devalues women’s participation, whereas Hutchinson recognizes both paternal and maternal types. Furthermore, Hutchinson views Sarah and Rebecca as vital to the redemption narrative and shapes them as types for Mary, therefore making an original contribution to typology. This study concludes with a reading of Hutchinson’s use of typology through twentieth-century contemporary feminist theology and suggests that Hutchinson’s role as theologian challenges that of Milton’s.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/15081
Recommended Citation
Shook, Lauren Beth, "Gender and typology in John Milton's Paradise lost and Lucy Hutchinson's Order and disorder" (2010). Theses and Dissertations. 2376.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/2376