Milton's words / Annabel Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Patterson, Annabel M., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Language.

Milton, John.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 toooften kept in separate compartments. She shows how new challenges and crises required shifts in vocabulary, as well as changes in Milton's views.What do Milton's words

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""A Writing Life""; ""Words of Avoidance: the Divorce Pamphlets""; ""Keywords""; ""AREOPAGITICA""; ""READIE & EASIE WAY""; ""OF TRUE RELIGION""; ""WORDS APART""; ""Paradise Lost and the D-Word""; ""It Is Written: Paradise Regained""; ""Rude Words""; ""Negativity""; ""Perhaps""; ""Pertinent Reading""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-157150-4

OCLC:

609850567