Areopagitica and Other Writings by John Milton (English) Paperback Book

Description: Areopagitica and Other Writings by John Milton John Milton was celebrated and denounced in his own time both as a poet and as a polemicist. This edition of Miltons major prose works includes: Of Education, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates and the Divorce tracts, as well as the famous 1644 polemical tract on the opposing licensing and censorship, Areopagitica. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A major new edition of Miltons selected works of prose, including his political and doctrinal writings as well as the famous AreopagiticaJohn Milton was celebrated and denounced in his own time both as a poet and as a polemicist. Today he is remembered first and foremost for his poetry, but his great epic Paradise Lost was published very late in his life, in 1667, and in his own time most readers more readily recognised Milton as a writer of prose. This superbly annotated new book is an authoritative edition of Miltons major prose works, including Of Education, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates and the Divorce tracts, as well as the famous 1644 polemical tract on the opposing licensing and censorship, Areopagitica. Notes A major new edition of Miltons selected works of prose, including his political and doctrinal writings as well as the famous and Areopagitica. Author Biography John Milton (1608-74) was born in London, and was educated at St Pauls School and subsequently at Christs College, Cambridge. Thereafter he spent some years in private study, visiting France and Italy in the late 1630s. Upon his return to a nation now in political crisis, he devoted himself to teaching and to the publication of a series of increasingly radical pamphlets on religious and political liberty, including defences of divorce, a free press, and the right of a people to depose and execute a tyrannical king. He became completely blind in 1652. After the Restoration he was politically muzzled, but in this period he published his mature poetic masterpieces, including Paradise Lost (1667). Today, Milton is best known as a poet; in his own time, it was for his polemical prose that he was both celebrated and reviled.Dr William Poole is a tutorial fellow at New College, Oxford. He has published widely in the areas of early-modern literary, intellectual and scientific history. Review "An engaging, accessible, and reliable introduction to Miltons prose . . . Sprightly, purposeful, and crisp [with a] deft and lucid introduction . . . The editorial apparatus is economical but pertinent. . . . [The] notes are always relevant and reliable." —Milton Quarterly Promotional John Milton is renowned for his poetry, yet during most of his lifetime he was best known as a writer of prose, both celebrated and denounced for his fiery polemics in an era of religious and political controversy, radical pamphleteering and civil war. Review Quote "An engaging, accessible, and reliable introduction to Miltons prose . . . Sprightly, purposeful, and crisp [with a] deft and lucid introduction . . . The editorial apparatus is economical but pertinent. Promotional "Headline" A major new edition of Miltons selected works of prose, including his political and doctrinal writings as well as the famous Areopagitica Details ISBN0140439064 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-10 0140439064 ISBN-13 9780140439069 Format Paperback Series Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 828.408 Media Book Pages 384 Edited by William Poole Short Title AREOPAGITICA & OTHER WRITINGS Language English UK Release Date 2014-11-06 Author John Milton Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-11-06 Imprint Penguin Classics Alternative 9780718192495 Audience General NZ Release Date 2015-01-01 AU Release Date 2015-01-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:87765851;

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