Browsing by Author "Miller, Barratt"
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Item “Do Not Trust Too Much to Your Eyes”: Female Epistemologies in Robin McKinley’s Rose Daughter(2010-05-14T18:29:51Z) Miller, BarrattThis paper examines the way Robin McKinley's Rose Daughter uses female epistemologies. By destabilizing the visual and emphasizing the use of touch as a means of knowing, this retelling of Beauty and the Beast challenges traditional gender roles presented in earlier versions of the tale.Item “To Him Dominion Given, Worthiest to Reign”: Religio-Political Merit, Ireland and the Paradox of Rebellion in Paradise Lost(2010-05-14T18:32:18Z) Miller, BarrattThis paper examines the Milton's apparently paradoxical definition of merit in Paradise Lost in relation to contemporary Anglo-Irish politics. Using Sinfield's theory of faultlines and a dual reading of representations of Ireland in the poem and Milton's Observations Upon the Articles of Peace, this paper reveals the way in which Milton's understanding of all merit, including political merit, is always already religious.