"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's EpicsBucknell University Press, 1988 - 173 Seiten This work traces in Milton's epics the characters' uses of words and analyzes the ways in which language leads the reader to a very precise understanding of the agents in the poems. Through discussion of the verbal conflicts, it demonstrates how Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained are of a piece. |
Inhalt
| 9 | |
Satanic Language and the Fall of Man | 48 |
Human Language before the Fall | 69 |
Human Language after the Fall | 90 |
Divine LanguagePaternal Filial and Angelic | 117 |
Language as Weapon in Paradise Regained | 131 |
Notes | 153 |
Works Cited | 167 |
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Abdiel action Adam and Eve Adam's ambiguity argues argument Arnold Stein assertion Beelzebub begins Book C. S. Lewis character Christ Christopher Ricks Cicero claims conversation corruption creation creatures deeds delight devils discourse divine language dream Earl Miner earlier effect Eve's evil fact Fall fallen false Father Filial flattering followers fruit Gabriel glory God's grace guage guile hear Heaven Hell human language innocence intent internal Ithuriel John Steadman kind knowledge linguistic manipulative means Michael Milton Studies Milton's Epic mind mode narrative obedience offer Paradise Lost Paradise Regained persuasive poem praise prelapsarian prompt eloquence Raphael reader reason rebel angels reflects repent reveals rhetorical questions role Satanic language says scene seen sense serpent shows silence Son's speak speech Stanley Fish Steadman style suggests temptation thee theodicean things thir thou thoughts tion transgression truth University Press utters verbal voice warning words Yale University