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in blakesmilton a poem , w M B , B w :

I w R I; E,A H, w II U B, M .1

O w M w , w w & R B (30 [33]:14,E 129), w :

1. 21 [23]:47, E 115. B , , he Cpee Peryad Prse f Wa Bake, . D V. E (B, C. , 1982), w E.P - .

notes and do cuments

A V Tw Y:O BM

M D. P

abstract T BM w O B V w . S w w w, w , w V M, . I w B, Prevageu Jacb, Ifacy Gspe f Jaes. B 1798 E O. H Prevageu . keywords: B - , , C A,

P. 6. H E. H L A G. issn - | e-issn -x. A

. F , U C P R P w, ://www.j./I.. DOI: ./....6.

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T E w R, & ,N O; w w w M Dw U: w F ,

T w! & w, .(21 [23]:1519, E 115)

T M Uw w w w / T w M Aw(21 [23]:3233, E 115). O , D F ( B E), M :A O , L , / O U T (21 [23]:454, E 115). H

I:

F O P w M ST V W w T H F F

(3 [40]:1315, E 13)

A BM V w B F ( . 1):

Kw M w D E; I ! AI G E w w! I

(37 [41]: 13, E 137)

A w : w V weve ? N w M2 j, B w . J E. G M L J O , ; w W. H. S , w , .3 Hw, 1924 S. F D - O, w , ,4

2. S F, Pec Fr Bakes M(P, N.J., 197) J Hw,BakesM: A Sudy he Sefhd(R, N.J., 197).

3. W B, Bakes Pery ad Desgs, . M L J J E. G, 2 .(Nw Y, 2008), 195; W B, Bake: he Cpee Pes, . W. H. S, 3 .

(L, 2007), 585.4. S. F D, Wa Bake: Hs Phsphy ad Sybs (G, M., 1958; .. 1924), 42. S S. F D,A Bake Dcary: he Ideas ad Sybs f Wa Bake ,. . (H, N.H., 1988), 279.

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figure 1. W B,M A Pe, 3. H L, 54041.

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. D H G w B w j w w, M, R N. E J V: T O -

.5 S , w , - V w , w B V M. T V w Nw T, B C A PrevageuJacb, Ifacy Gspe f Jaes.

W B w w Prevageu L. Hw, E J J A New ad Fu Mehd f Seg heCaca Auhry f he New esae: Where A he Ae eses C-

cerg hs Argue Are Prduced(L, 17227). F, B w , 1798, w

M, w J w w .7 B - w j E B E E.8 H V w J . T , -, w .

T V M 3 1798

Prevageu(2:10810). A M -, J A. T , Z, :Mary he Lrd Gd hah agfed hy aes a geeras, ad he very ed fe by hee w he Lrd shew hs redep he chdre f Israe. H -, B M T, , A. T j . Aw w w , P , , Behd! Mary sweve years f age; wha sha we d wh her, fr fear es he hy pace f he Lrd shud

be defed? T M , w w w T . L 15:2830 j:

5. D H G, Bake ad Freud(I, N.Y., 1980), 175. W B,M A Pe,ad he Fa Iuaed Wrks, . R N. E J V (P, N.J., 1993), 19.

. T w w j w w Nw T.T w w J w (M. 9:20; M 5:25; L 8:43), w J w w (M 5:42; L 8:42). N H wO, j , M, ; N

H, Lera Iaga: Bakes Vs f Wrds (B, C., 1983), 42.7.A New ad Fu Mehd f Seg he Caca Auhry f he New esae. Whch s

Subjed: A Vdca f he Frer Par f S. Mahews Gspe, 3 . (O, 1798).8. he Bk f Ech, he Prphe: A Apcrypha Prduc, . R L (O, 1821).

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B , , .

A w , w

, , .

A [] , [] ; lord .

M, T Prevageu, - . S , . Z

L a he wdwersag he pepe, w . J , : , a dve w J. M ww, J ( ) w-- M w w .

In an invaluable paper on the Protoevangelium, Tim Horner points out that accord-

ing to the rabbinical Mishnah a girl at the age of three is called a Ketannah, and her virginity

is in need of protection, as Marys was in the Temple.9 The day after she turns twelve she

becomes a naarath, a pubescent girl. Exactly six months later she is considered capable of

assenting to marriage. Blake need hardly have known these categories to have seen that inthe Protoevangelium the twelve-year-old Mary is at a crucial point and is in effect expelled

from the Temple because of her imminent and threatening sexuality; that she is bestowed

upon a man who will preserve her virginity, however, signifies a denial of that threat. As one

scholar of early Christian texts observes, Sexuality, and not religious observance, figures as

the primary cause of anxiety here, and a more generalized anxiety over female sexual

maturity also figures in this scene.10

T M OV .

V S- & w D C D S- W!Aw O & O M Sw D S.

(42 [49]:47, E 143)

9. T H, Jw A P J,Jura f Eary ChrsaSudes 12 (2004): 31335. H M Pr-

evageu (2 c.e.), .10. M F. F,A Vrg Cceved: Mary ad Cassca Represeas f Vrgy (B-

, I., 2002), 147, 150.

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B , - . T D S N G 8:9, w , [N] , w [w] w :

, , . Hw, S G Mw 3:1 - w , w, w , Prevageu M T, J ww w Mw . A w O FV (42 [49]:78, E 143), w M T. I B V MSw M J. B w

w . I M Sw w V . M Sw w M, . W M , w Sw, w w w, -, D H, & A , ; w Sw (w L P !) H S.11 I 37 [41] (E 137),w V B M, M Sw B , C C ( 44), M -

Sw w, w w C / G: , & (38 [43]:78, E 138). T O w I M (40 [4]:29 ., E 142) w -w O M . T , w M :

I S- & IT R D F ST M IT B, L & Nw A T , & w I

(41 [48]:2, E 142)

A M O, B , w , F w, F, w M.12 H

11. 14 [15]:447, E 108; 15 [17]:8, 11, E 109. D M Sw (Bake Dcary, 208); E V (M, 140).

12. Pec Fr Bakes M, 141.

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w 1790, B w - . B M W B. W V M Sww / D (42 [49]:344, E 143),

. I O :

T M A O F VI , , w I F I j F V

(42 [49]:79, E 143)

O

. (N T V . . .Away [ ] O.) I O w , Prevageu, V w .

morton paley U C, B, - Bake: A Iusraed Quarery. H Saue ayrCerdge ad he Fe Ars (O, ), raveer he Eveg: Te Las

Wrks f Wa Bake . H DS Aw K-S A A , , Racs ad Mearas, T F-, w P.