Areopagitica: Freedom of the Press Tapa blanda - 2011

Name: Areopagitica : Freedom of the Press
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Author: Milton, John
ISBN: 9780942208047

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Resumen

Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue for Milton who was submitted to censorship himself when he tried to publish his defenses of divorce, radical works for the time that gained no quarter with censors. Distributed as a pamphlet, Milton's powerful arguments against 1643's Licensing Order note that classical Greek and Roman society was never subjected to such censorship, and he uses many classical and biblical references to reinforce his argument.

Detalles

Título Areopagitica: Freedom of the Press
Autor John Milton
Encuadernación Tapa blanda
Edición Second Printing
Páginas 44
Volúmenes 1
Idioma ENG
Editorial Humanist Classics, Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.
Fecha de publicación 2011-08-24
Features Glossary
ISBN 9780942208047 / 0942208048
Peso 0.16 libras (0.07 kg)
Dimensiones 8.46 x 5.6 x 0.16 pulgadas (21.49 x 14.22 x 0.41 cm)
Temas
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: British
Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 86064056
Dewey Decimal Code 323.44

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John Milton (1608-1674), poet and polemicist, lived through the tumult in England, the Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell and the Long Parliament. After the Restoration of the Monarchy, he restricted himself to poetry. He became blind in midlife.

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