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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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Hammond, Paul, 1953- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Édition:First edition.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.