Milton aristocrat & rebel : the poet and his politics
Perez Zagorin (Author)
A general survey and discussion of the development and substance of Milton's political ideas from his early poetry, through the English Revolutionary period of 1640-1660, to his epic works of the Restoration period.
XII-164 p. ; 24 cm
9780859913607, 0859913600
468800741
Before the revolution - Milton's self-formation; Milton in revolution - episcopacy, divorce, unlicensed printing; Milton in revolution - regicide and the right of revolution; Milton in revolution - republicanism and the end of the revolutionary experiment; after the revolution - the politics of the later poems and Milton's theodicy; conclusion.