@article{oai:kitami-it.repo.nii.ac.jp:00007722, author = {笹川, 渉}, journal = {人間科学研究}, month = {Mar}, note = {This paper focuses on how Thomas Young and John Milton, his student, share the same criticism on public moral degeneracy encouraged by the Book of Sports and the labor performed on the Lord’s Day through the two puritans’ political writings and Milton’s poetical works. Also, Milton harshly censures the ecclesiastics’ debasement in the Church of England, which is shown by the tithes strictly imposed by William Laud. Presbyterians later claim that the validity of the tax is as important as that of keeping the Lord’s Day, so Milton cannot overlook their acts to benefit themselves as well as the labor on the Lord’s Day. In order to exhort people to observe the holiday for prayer, Young uses the parable of the talents from the gospels. Milton also uses the exemplum both in his prose and in poetry from the 1630s to the 1650s, defining his right labor. If the addressee in Milton’s epistle is Young, it is probable that the “task-master” in the sonnet written in the late 1640s or 50s, which also alludes to the biblical story, represents Milton’s ex-tutor. The parable, often interpreted as his desire to work as a poet, politically contrasts true work with the earthly gainful labor encouraged by the enforcement of the Book of Sports.}, pages = {27--43}, title = {「偉大な監督者」ヤングとミルトン}, volume = {11}, year = {2015} }