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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828967603321

Autore

Fulton Thomas (Thomas Chandler)

Titolo

Historical Milton : manuscript, print, and political culture in revolutionary England / / Thomas Fulton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : University of Massachusetts Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-61376-023-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book

Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture

Disciplina

821/.4

Soggetti

Polemics in literature

Commonplace books - History

Books and reading - England - History - 17th century

Political culture - England - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- A material history of texts in Milton's England -- Combing the annals of barbarians: the Commonplace book and Milton's political scholarship -- Areopagitica: books, reading, and context -- "The digression" and Milton's return to polemics -- History and natural law in the tenure of kings and magistrates -- "His book alive": defending popular sovereignty after the execution -- Conclusion: historical politics and the instability of print culture -- Appendix A: the index politicus of Milton's Commonplace book: authors, texts, and citations -- Appendix B: the scribal entries in Milton's Commonplace book: amanuenses, students, researchers, or visitors.