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01964aam a2200337Mc 4500 001 75C499DCF5D411E7B33F7C0497128E48 003 SILO 005 20180110010212 008 160719s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2015036055 020 $a 1107059852 020 $a 9781107059856 020 $a 1107664799 020 $a 9781107664791 035 $a (OCoLC)953929040 040 $a DKDLA $b dan $c DKDLA $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 14 $a PR3588 $b .L44 2016 100 1 $a Leonard, John, $d 1940- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr88011519 245 14 $a The value of Milton / $c John Leonard. 264 1 $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 2016. 300 $a x, 161 pages ; $c 22 cm. 490 0 $a The value of 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Machine generated contents note: 1. Areopagitica, toleration and free speech; 2. The minor poems and 'the power / to save'; 3. The political prose, 'in liberty's defence'; 4. Paradise Lost, the sublime poem; 5. Paradise Lost, 'solid good' 520 8 $a In The Value of Milton, leading critic John Leonard explores the writings of John Milton from his early poetry to his major prose. Milton's work includes one of the most difficult and challenging texts in the English literary canon, yet he remains impressively popular with general readers. Leonard demonstrates why Milton has enduring value for our own time, both as a defender of political liberty and as a poet of sublimity and terror who also exhibits moments of genuine humanity and compassion. A poet divided against himself, Milton offers different rewards to different readers" 600 10 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Milton, John, $d 1608-1674 $x Influence. 941 $a 2 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20240724073233.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317031843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=75C499DCF5D411E7B33F7C0497128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search