Milton's Words

by Annabel Patterson

Milton's Words approaches John Milton in both an old and a new way, focusing on his genius with words: keywords - the keys to a text or a theory; words of sexual avoidance and distress; words of abuse; words of privilege because 'Scripture'; big learned words; and cunning little words, easily overlooked. After a short account of Milton's life as a writer, Patterson guides us through most of the poetry and polemical prose, all too often kept in separate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199573468
• ISBN13: 9780199573462
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.8"