"In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime's study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular representations: instead of a gloomy, sexless "Puritan", we have a dashingly thinker, branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine."--
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"In this remarkable book Christopher Hill used the learning gathered in a lifetime's study of seventeenth-century England to carry out a major reassessment of Milton as man, politician, poet, and religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular representations: instead of a gloomy, sexless "Puritan", we have a dashingly thinker, branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine."--
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0140050663.
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Paperback-minor rubbing and shelfwear to cover with age. Remainder mark on bottom page edges. Spine slightly creased from use. Light yellowing to page edges, text clean and unmarked. Good copy.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Good in good dust jacket. Contains marginalia and/or underlining. DJ with mild edgewear or bumping. Mild general wear. Pages clean. Binding sound. Mild shelf wear.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x6x2; A nice hardcover with a crisp dust jacket, a tight binding and an unmarked text. Former owners name. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
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Small 4to. Grey cloth spine with gilt lettering and green paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xviii, 541pp. Near fine/near fine. Small front pastedown ownership signature of literature professor and critic John D. Soley (1935-2016), whose graduate thesis was "John Milton's Idea of the 'Right Poet'." Handsome, tight first edition.