Milton and the Politics of Public Speech

By Helen Lynch

Book Overview

Using Hannah Arendt's account of the Greek polis to explain Milton's fascination with the idea of public speech, this book reveals what is distinctive about his conception of a godly, republican oratory and poetics. Setting Milton's poetry and prose in the context of Civil War polemic; classical political theory and its early modern reinterpretatio

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367879956
• ISBN13: 9780367879952
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"