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Milton and the English Revolution

by Christopher Hill

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Remarkable reinterpretation of Milton and his poetry by one of the most famous historians of the 17th CenturyIn this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime''s study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a majo... Read more
Remarkable reinterpretation of Milton and his poetry by one of the most famous historians of the 17th Century

In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime''s study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular imagination: instead of a gloomy, sexless ''Puritan'', we have a dashingly original thinker, branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine.

For Hill, Milton is an author who found his real stimulus less in the literature of classical and times and more in the political and religious radicalism of his own day. Hill demonstrates, with originality, learning and insight, how Milton''s political and religious predicament is reflected in his classic poetry, particularly ''Paradise Lost'' and ''Samson Agonistes''. Less

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File size8.27 X 5.51 X 1.37 in
Print pages560
PublisherVerso Books
Publication date January 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780670476121
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Christopher Hill
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Christopher Hill (1912 -). Distinguished Marxist historian and scholar of 17th century England....

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