Milton's angels : the early-modern imagination / Joad Raymond.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Raymond, Joad
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Paradise lost.
Angels in literature.
Theology in literature.
Physical Description:xviii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Protestant angels, poets, and the imagination
  • Angelographia: writing about angels
  • Angelology: knowledge of angels
  • A stronger existence: angels, polemic, and radical speculation, 1640-1660
  • Conversations with angels: the pordage and their angelical world
  • The fleshly imagination and the word of God
  • Spiritual gifts: angels, inspiration, and prophecy
  • Can angels feign?
  • Look homeward angel: angelic guardianship and nationhood
  • Angels in Paradise Lost
  • The natural philosophy of angels
  • 'With the tongues of angels': Angelic communication
  • Dryden's fall: dreams, angels, freewill
  • Conclusion: Angels and literary representation.