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John Milton
Contributor(s): Lewalski, Barbara K. (Author)
ISBN: 0631176659     ISBN-13: 9780631176657
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $161.45  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: January 2001
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Annotation: John Milton's many and various works include magnificent poems, polemics, history, theology, and treatises on political, ecclesiastical, educational, and social issues. No writer before Milton defined himself so self-consciously as an author - both in prose and in poetry - as his God-given vocation.

In her detailed account of Milton's life and career, Barbara Lewalski provides a close analysis of his prose and poetry, focusing on the development of his ideas and his art. She shows how Milton, even as a young poet, constructed himself as a new kind of author, commanding astonishing resources of learning and artistry to develop a radical politics, reformist poetics, and an inherently revolutionary prophetic voice.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- Biography & Autobiography | Historical
Dewey: B
LCCN: 00034320
Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies
Physical Information: 1.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.87 lbs) 812 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
Providing a close examination of Milton's wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a rather different Milton from that in earlier accounts.

  • Provides a close analysis of each of Milton's prose and poetry works.
  • Reveals how Milton was the first writer to self consciously construct himself as an 'author'.
  • Focuses on the development of Milton's ideas and his art.