Author

Publication

2014 - Oxford University Press

Language

English

Word Count

67,750 words, Guess

Page Count

271 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780199682379
  • Open LibraryOL26000699M

Classifications

  • LCCPR3593 .H36 2014
  • LCCPR3592
  • LCCPR3588 .M55 2014

Description

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 corrupt or destroy the Reformation. This book traces the twists and turns of Milton's terminology and rhetoric across the whole range of his writings as he grapples with the problem that 'the people' have a calling to which they seem not to be adequate.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Milton And The PeopleOxford University Press2014-01-01

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