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John Milton: A Literary Life

By Cedric C. Brown (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
1995
ISBN
978-0-333-42516-9, 978-1-349-24150-7
DOI
10.1007/978-1-349-24150-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25059284 bytes)
Series
Macmillan Literary Lives
Edition
1
Pages
XVIII, 212\229
Time added
2016-03-14 21:35:01
Poetry and Poetics; Early Modern/Renaissance Liter

Description

For the first time in an approachable, affordable volume this study treats the whole literary career of England's most distinguished protestant-republican poet and writer, considering the miscellaneous output in the light of contexts and political functions. It highlights self-presentational and persuasive characteristics, pays attention to the sense of vocation and also describes Milton's distinctive achievement in social genres. Milton's competitive humanist training is seen to accomodate uneasily to the specific demands of some public works. The book features unfamiliar texts, whilst canonical texts are set in the story of his long endeavours during a turbulent period in English history.

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