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Milton at Monticello : Thomas Jefferson's reading of John Milton / Kemmer Anderson.
LIBRA - Rare E332.2 .A75 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Kemmer, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Books and reading.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Milton, John, 1608-1674--Influence.
- Milton, John.
- Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- Milton, John, 1608-1674.
- Books and reading.
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Curran, Stuart A. (honoree) (Milton Collection copy)
- Wittreich, Joseph Anthony (donor) (inscription) Milton Collection copy)
- Anderson, Kemmer (autograph) (Milton Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 84 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [Bloomington, Indiana] : Xlibris, [2019]
- Contents:
- Prelude: Anecdotes and Echoes
- Chapter 1: The Bill of Religious Freedom
- Chapter 2: Those Tenured Tyrants: How Milton's Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Influenced Jefferson's Declaration of Independence
- Chapter 3: "If Not All Equal"
- The Problem of Equality in Milton and Jefferson
- Chapter 4: Gardening by the Book: The Rural Seat at Monticello
- Chapter 5: Listening to Milton: Jefferson's "Thoughts on English Prosody"
- Chapter 6: Lycidas: How Jefferson Might Read Milton's Poem
- Chapter 7: Martha Jefferson, "My Late Espoused Saint": Sonnet 23, the Widower's Psalm
- Chapter 8: Thomas Jefferson: "Much like thy Riddle Samson" (SA, 1016)
- Chapter 9: Richard Wilbur's Miltonic Sonnet
- Epilogue: Poetry & Politics
- Conclusion: Poems and Elegies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-84).
- Local Notes:
- E332.2.A75 2019 Milton Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Joseph A. Wittreich in honor of Stuart A. Curran, 2021 inscribed "To: Joe Wittreich whose vision poetry creates a lens, sometimes telescope, sometimes microscope, allows to see the poem. Thanks, Kemmer Anderson 2019". Kemmer Anderson also autographed the title page.
- ISBN:
- 9781796065909
- 1796065900
- OCLC:
- 1135485892
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