Between Worlds: The Rhetorical Universe of Paradise Lost

William Pallister

Published by University of Toronto Press 2008

Between Worlds

The Rhetorical Universe of Paradise Lost

William Pallister

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442687448

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William Pallister analyses the rhetorical methods that Milton uses throughout the poem and examines the effects of the three distinct rhetorical registers observed in each of the poem's major settings.

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Pallister William :

William Pallister is an independent scholar with a PhD from the University of London.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Notes on the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Contingency, Probability, and Free Will Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Milton’s Classical Rhetoricians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3. Milton’s Forerunners: Renaissance Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. Milton’s Concept of Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
5. The Voice of God: Rhetoric and Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
6. The Rhetoric of Heaven Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	122
7. Satan and Rhetoric Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
8. The Rhetoric of Hell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
9. Temptation and the Rhetoric of Paradise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
10. Descending from Heaven: Anthropopathia and the Rhetoric of Paradise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Glossary of Rhetorical Figures and Tropes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 360

eBook

Published: November 8, 2008
ISBN: 9781442687448