What to Sight and Smell Was Sweet: Flowers and Gardening in Paradise Lost

Authors

Linnea White, Bethel University

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Colloquy Undergraduate Research Journal

Abstract

Flowers and gardening have been part of human life since God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. In Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, flowers and the act of gardening enhance the meaning of the poem and give insight into life before and after sin corrupted God’s creation. Milton’s use of plant and floral imagery highlights the changes and continuities between unfallen and fallen life in Paradise Lost.

First Page

41

Last Page

45

Date Accepted/Awarded

5-2013

Award/Distinction

Accepted Under Peer Review for Colloquy Journal

Comments

The Colloquy Undergraduate Research Journal was published with faculty peer review by these student editors in the Spring of 2013: Cox, Brad; Fultz, Roberta; Hedges, Jared; Lewis, Stacie; Manning, Jacob; Patton, Leah; Stocker, Abby

Recommended Citation

White, Linnea, "What to Sight and Smell Was Sweet: Flowers and Gardening in Paradise Lost" (2013). English and Journalism Student Works. 1.
https://spark.bethel.edu/english-journalism-students/1

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