Divine Word: Milton and the Redemption of Language

Abdiel Adam and Eve Adam's ambiguity angels appropriate argues Augustine beauty Book of Nature Calvin Christ Christian Comus Comus's Creation Dalila define despite divine doctrine Edenic speech effect elaborate eloquence employs epic simile epic voice Eve's evoke experience express external faith Fall fallen false finds God's grace Harapha Heaven heavenly human couple human words inner Word interpretation John Milton knowledge Lady Lady's language last books leads Lewalski linguists literal Luther manifest Manoa masque means metaphor Michael Milton Milton's readers mind narrator nonetheless offers Paradise Lost Paradise Regained perceive Perkins Peter Sterry physical poem poet poetry preachers prevenient grace puns Puritan Raphael reality redeemed referents Reformation rejects response revelation rhetoric riddle Samson Agonistes Satan Scriptures seems sense signs Similarly simply spiritual Stanley Fish style temptation theology things thir thou tion transcendent truth unfallen verbal virtue vision vocation War in Heaven