{"product_id":"anxiety-in-eden-john-s-tanner-9780195072044","title":"Anxiety in Eden: A Kierkegaardian Reading of Paradise Lost","description":"Tanner uses Kierkegaard's thought, particularly his theory of anxiety, to enrich and enliven a bold new reading of Milton's \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e. He argues that for Milton and Kierkegaard, the path to sin and to salvation lies through anxiety, that both the poet and the philosopher include anxiety--along with pain, suffering, and paradox--within the compass of paradise. The first half of the work explores anxiety in Eden before the Fall, providing fresh perspectives on such issues as free will, the problem of a fall before the Fall, original sin, the etiology of evil, and prelapsarian knowledge. The second half examines anxiety after the Fall, offering original insights into such issues as the demonic personality, remorse, despair, and faith. Taken as a whole, Tanner's study provides a coherent new existentialist reading of \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e. Further, though intended primarily as a work of literary criticism, the book touches on matters of broad philosophical, theological, and simply human interest--such as the nature of freedom, knowledge, sin, the self, and salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John S. Tanner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195072049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195072044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.78h x 5.84w x 0.76d","brand":"John S. Tanner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054640296191,"sku":"9780195072044","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_af5d7c15-6076-4b2c-bc86-9949aa053178.jpg?v=1685031128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anxiety-in-eden-john-s-tanner-9780195072044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}