Time, Sequence, and Plot in Restoration Literature

Time, Sequence, and PlotbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA in Restoration Literature EARL M INER E v e ’s lo v e p o e m to A d a m in Paradise Lost b eg in s, “ W ith th e e c o n v e rsin g I fo rg e t all tim e . . .” S h e d o es, h o w e v e r, d e v o te to h im o n e o f th e tw o k in d s o f tim e th e y k n o w in E d e n , th e d iu rn a l. W ith o u t A d a m , th e w o n d e rs o f th e d a y fro m m o rn in g to ev en in g are n o t sw e e t. T h e o th e r k in d o f tim e k n o w n to th e m is re tro sp e c­ tiv e a n d in v o lv es th e ir m e m o rie s, w h ic h d o n o t e x te n d fa r b a c k . B y th e e n d o f Paradise Lost, th e y d o h av e fa r m o re to re m e m b e r fro m d ire c t o r re la te d e x p e rie n c e . T h e y also h av e less to e n jo y , a lo n g w ith a th ird sen se o f tim e , th e a n tic ip a to ry . W ith E v e ’s p o e m , w e d isc o v e r p a st a n d e sp e c ia lly p re se n t; su b se q u e n tly w e d isc o v e r w ith h e r a n d A d a m a sen se o f th e fu tu re . A n d y e t, h e r in itia l sen se o f tim e m a k e s little p o st-la p sa ria n sen se. S h e fo rg e ts all tim e , n o t th a t sh e h a s th a t m u c h , in o rd e r to e x p re ss h e ig h t­ e n e d e m o tio n a l e x p e rie n c e . S h e seem s u n a w a re o f th e c o m p le x re la tio n s b e tw e e n se n sa tio n , m e m o ry , p e rc e p tio n , c o g n itio n , a n tic ip a tio n , a n d e x p re ssio n — all th o se th in g s th a t m a k e c o n c e p ts o f tim e so d iffic u lt fo r u s, all th o se fa c u ltie s th a t w e k n o w to b e d e p e n d e n t o n tim e fo r d e v e lo p m e n t a n d e x e rc ise . F o r all th a t, E v e ’s a rtistry g iv es a n o th e r k in d o f sa n c tio n to h e r 67 68 ihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA / EARL MINERbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA trib u te . In p ra isin g A d a m , sh e b e c...