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Named Person: | John Milton; John Milton |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul M Dowling |
ISBN: | 0847680525 9780847680528 0847680533 9780847680535 |
OCLC Number: | 832650527 |
Notes: | Literaturangaben. Includes index |
Description: | XXXII, 113 Seiten |
Contents: | Chapter 1 Introduction: "Historicizing" Milton Chapter 2 Shrewd Frontispieces: "To the Parliament of England" Chapter 3 Use (or Abuse) of History Chapter 4 The Christian Authorities Chapter 5 The Insufficiency of Licensing Chapter 6 The Harm of Licensing Chapter 7 Digression on the "Nation" Chapter 8 The Peroration: "What is Appropriate for Each" Chapter 9 Conclusion: "Polite Wisdom" Chapter 10 Appendix: Events in The Life of John Milton |
Responsibility: | Paul M. Dowling |
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. . . reopens the question of Milton's orthodoxy by taking a fresh look at what is really going on behind the complex wandering syntax and elusive allusivenes of the great poet's prose. -- Paul A. Cantor, University of Virginia . . . a pathbreaking interpretation of Milton's Areopagitica . . . It is a fine work of scholarship. It should be of great interest to Milton scholars and to all students of the history of political thought. -- David L. Schaefer, Holy Cross College . . . [T]the most penetrating and provocative work on Milton's Areopagitica that I've seen . . . Dowling's striking thesis . . . is presented with impressive historical learning and philosophic subtlety . . . -- Harry M. Clor, Kenyon College Read more...


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