Ebook: Milton's angels: the early-modern imagination

Book "explores the fate of angels in Reformation Britain, and shows how and why Paradise Lost is a poem about angels that is both shockingly literal and sublimely imaginative."--Introduction.;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.