"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's EpicsBucknell University Press, 1988 - 173 pages 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. |
Table des matières
| 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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"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's Epics Leonard Mustazza Affichage d'extraits - 1988 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | "Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's Epics |
| Auteur | Leonard Mustazza |
| Éditeur | Bucknell University Press, 1988 |
| ISBN | 0838751210, 9780838751213 |
| Longueur | 173 pages |
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