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

Author/creator Raymond, Joad
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxviii, 465 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction : Protestant angels, poets, the imagination -- Understanding angels. Angelographia : writing about angels -- Angelology : knowledge of angels -- A stronger existence : angels, polemic, and radical speculation, 1640-1660 -- Conversations with angels : the Pordages and their angelical world -- The fleshly imagination and the Word of God -- Spiritual gifts : angels, inspiration, and prophecy -- Milton's angels. 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 -- Literature and representation. Dryden's fall : dreams, angels, freewill -- Conclusion : angels and literary representation.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2009939951
ISBN9780199560509
ISBN0199560501

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