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
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
Terms of Use and License Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
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