Milton and the people /
Who are 'the people' in Milton's writing? They figure prominently in his texts; they are invoked as the sovereign power in the state and have the right to overthrow tyrants; they are also, as God's chosen people, the guardians of the true Protestant path against those who would c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Who are 'The people'
- The young Milton and the writer's vocation
- The anti-prelatical tracts
- The writings on divorce
- Areopagitica
- The English political writings Excursus: Hobbes and the people
- The Latin political writings
- The restoration prose writings
- The major poems: Paradise lost, Paradise regain'd, and Samson Agonistes.