Date of Award
Spring 4-1-1985
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Ernest Moncada
Abstract
Blindness has been used in everything from the Bible to secular works, generally using blindness as examples of healing, spiritual illumination, and the like. John Milton, a blind author, frequently references his blindness in his works. He uses blindness as a concept as a literary device. This thesis aims to show the religious significance of sight and blindness as shown in some of Milton's works. Two sonnets, "When I Consider How My Light is Spent" and "To Syriack Skinner on His Blindness", the drama Samson Agonistes, and the epic poem Paradise Lost are analyzed.
Recommended Citation
Spiers, Elizabeth T., "The Religious Significance of Vision and Blindness in Milton's Poetic Works" (1985). Undergraduate University Honors Capstones. 116.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/honors_capstones/116
