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Creator
Date
2016
Location
New York (State)
United States
United States
Media format
Printed text
Extent
x, 161 pages
Language
English
Size
23 cm
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 348026
Folger call number: PR3588 .L44 2016
Folger holdings ID: 498761
Folger call number: PR3588 .L44 2016
Folger holdings ID: 498761
Summary
"In The Value of Milton, leading critic John Leonard explores the writings of John Milton from his early poetry to his major prose. Milton's work includes one of the most difficult and challenging texts in the English literary canon, yet he remains impressively popular with general readers. Leonard demonstrates why Milton has enduring value for our own time, both as a defender of political liberty and as a poet of sublimity and terror who also exhibits moments of genuine humanity and compassion. A poet divided against himself, Milton offers different rewards to different readers"--
Notes
General notes
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1. Areopagitica, toleration and free speech; 2. The minor poems and 'the power / to save'; 3. The political prose, 'in liberty's defence'; 4. Paradise Lost, the sublime poem; 5. Paradise Lost, 'solid good'
Also known as
Extended title: The value of Milton / John Leonard
Subjects
Related names
author: Leonard, John, 1940-
subject: Milton, John, 1608-1674
subject: Milton, John, 1608-1674