Drkshadow03
12-29-2013, 10:27 PM
I just finished reading this allegorical work and found it bizarre, enthralling, ponderous, boring at various parts.
1) Has anyone else read it? What did you think of it?
2) What did you make of the chapters where Nature confesses to Genius and then Genius pops up to give a sermon to the battling forces of Jealousy and Love? This seemed random, even in a book where digressions are frequent. What purpose did these two sections serve the larger narrative?
3) How did you feel the poets reconcile their references to Greek deities such as Jupiter, Mars, and Venus with a monotheistic G-d? Do you feel he does a good job? What is the worldview that allows this reconciliation?
4) What do you think is the author's point concerning the following ideas: a) women b) love c) G-d d) the necessity of contraries
5) Any additional thoughts or observations about the poem?
1) Has anyone else read it? What did you think of it?
2) What did you make of the chapters where Nature confesses to Genius and then Genius pops up to give a sermon to the battling forces of Jealousy and Love? This seemed random, even in a book where digressions are frequent. What purpose did these two sections serve the larger narrative?
3) How did you feel the poets reconcile their references to Greek deities such as Jupiter, Mars, and Venus with a monotheistic G-d? Do you feel he does a good job? What is the worldview that allows this reconciliation?
4) What do you think is the author's point concerning the following ideas: a) women b) love c) G-d d) the necessity of contraries
5) Any additional thoughts or observations about the poem?