The human Satan in seventeenth-century English literature :
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[Book]
Other Title Information
from Milton to Rochester /
First Statement of Responsibility
by Nancy Rosenfeld.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Burlington, Vt. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Ashgate,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2008.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (vii, 215 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Satan's journey into evil -- The tempter of Grace abounding -- Diabolus and his unholy war -- Paradise regained : Satan and the son -- "Thine now is all this world" : a human satanic archetype -- Rochester and the Theriophilic paradox -- Rochester -- Satan -- dorimant -- The Earl of Rochester meets Milton's muse -- Epilogue : Where is the Satan of Samson agonistes?
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Tracing the literary development of the satanic form into a humanized form, Nancy Rosenfeld looks anew at well known texts by four seventeenth-century English writers-John Milton, John Bunyan, George Etherege and John Wilmot (Earl of Rochester). Rosenfeld focuses on the works from each author in which a satanic character features prominently, to show how these writers, taken collectively, have imbued Satan with the characteristics that define the human.
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Title
Human Satan in seventeenth-century English literature.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Bunyan, John,1628-1688., Grace abounding to the chief of sinners.
Bunyan, John,1628-1688., Holy war.
Etherege, George,1635?-1691-- Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John,1608-1674., Paradise lost.
Milton, John,1608-1674., Paradise regained.
Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680-- Criticism and interpretation.
Etherege, George,1636-1691 or 1692
Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680
TITLE USED AS SUBJECT
Grace abounding to the chief of sinners (Bunyan, John)
Holy war (Bunyan, John)
Paradise lost (Milton, John)
Paradise regained (Milton, John)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Devil in literature.
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism.