"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's EpicsThis 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. |
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... words themselves which the angel utters . As for the latter , the concept of empty words ( e.g. , " high words , that bore / Semblance of worth , not substance " [ 1.528–29 ] ) is also quite new to Heaven , and Satan is their author as ...
... words themselves which the angel utters . As for the latter , the concept of empty words ( e.g. , " high words , that bore / Semblance of worth , not substance " [ 1.528–29 ] ) is also quite new to Heaven , and Satan is their author as ...
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... words from the very beginning . First we hear John the Baptist , " the great Proclaimer with a voice / More awful than the sound of Trumpet " ( 1.18-19 ) , calling people to baptism , and , after he has baptized the Son , the voice of ...
... words from the very beginning . First we hear John the Baptist , " the great Proclaimer with a voice / More awful than the sound of Trumpet " ( 1.18-19 ) , calling people to baptism , and , after he has baptized the Son , the voice of ...
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... words before his fall . Christ has also uttered his last words , but , again , the contrast in the types of silence that prevail is quite striking . Whereas Satan is silenced , Christ remains silent ; whereas Satan's word - weapons are ...
... words before his fall . Christ has also uttered his last words , but , again , the contrast in the types of silence that prevail is quite striking . Whereas Satan is silenced , Christ remains silent ; whereas Satan's word - weapons are ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Satanic Language and the Fall of Man | 48 |
Human Language before the Fall | 69 |
Copyright | |
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Abdiel action Adam and Eve Adam's ambiguity argues argument Arnold Stein assertion Beelzebub begins Book C. S. Lewis Christ Christopher Ricks Cicero claims conversation corruption creation creatures deeds delight devils discourse divine language dream Earl Miner earlier effect eloquence 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 interpretive Ithuriel John 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 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