| dc.contributor.author | Russow, Kurt William | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines Milton's views of the spiritual status of animals as presented in
Paradise lost. It discusses how Milton enters into discussion with the discourses of
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theology, philosophy, and both antique and modern science to construct his own nuanced
view on the dominion humankind was theologically mandated to have over animals. Milton
promotes a complex animal ethic based simultaneously on both hierarchy and kinship.
Ultimately this ethic is used not only to celebrate animals, but also to celebrate a
stewardship-oriented notion of a divinely ordained hierarchy. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | Lord of the Living Souls: Dominion and the Spiritual Lives of Animals in Milton's Paradise Lost | en_US |
| dc.type | Master's Paper | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-26T17:30:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-26T17:30:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33632 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Nature in literature. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Human-animal relationships. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Human-animal relationships. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Arts (MA) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences | en_US |
| ndsu.department | English | en_US |
| ndsu.program | English | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | Krishnan, R.S. | |
