John Milton at St. Paul'S School : A Study of Ancient Rhetoric in English Renaissance Education / Donald Lemen Clark.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark, Donald Lemen, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1948]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A study of John Milton's education at St. Paul's School in London in order to understand the influence that classical and post-classical rhetoric had on Milton as a great writer of poetry and prose in Latin and English.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1. The Trivium

2. Milton as a Schoolboy

3. St. Paul's School

4. Milton's Schoolmasters

5. The Course of Study at St. Paul's School

6. Textbooks for Precepts

7. Authors for Imitation

8. Exercises for Praxis

9. Retrospect

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88503-2

OCLC:

1100442000