John Milton Prose: Major Writings on Liberty, Politics, Religion, and Education

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Regarded by many as the equal of Shakespeare in poetic imagination and expression, Milton was also a prolific writer of prose, applying his potent genius to major issues of domestic, religious and political liberty. This superbly annotated new publication is the most authoritative single-volume anthology yet of Milton's major prose works. Dedication Contents Note on this Edition and Abbreviations Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Chronology Introduction 1. Prolusions 2. Of Reformation 3. The Reason of Church-Government Urg’d against Prelaty (selections) 4. An Apology Against a Pamphlet (selections) 5. The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce 6. Of Education 7. Areopagitica; A Speech of Mr. John Milton 8. Tetrachordon (selections) 9. The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates 10. Eikonoklastes (selections) 11. A Second Defence of the English People 12. A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes 13. Considerations Touching the Likeliest Means to Remove Hirelings out of the Church 14. The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth 15. Of True Religion, Hæresie, Schism, and Toleration 16. Selections from Milton’s Private Letters 17. De Doctrina Christiana (selections) 18. The Life of Mr. John Milton by Edward Phillips Select Bibliography