Is Milton Better than Shakespeare?

by Nigel Smith

Book Overview

With literature waning in the interest of so many, is Shakespeare the only poet the public can still appreciate? John Milton, as this book makes clear, speaks more powerfully to the eternal questions and to the important concerns of our time. The Milton of this volume is an author for all Americans--conservative, liberal, radical--not only because he was a favorite of the founding fathers, his voice echoing through their texts and our very foundation,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674028325
• ISBN13: 9780674028326
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 7.0"