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GtrsRGr8 · 03-13-2015, 01:43 AM

Milton and the English Revolution. By Christopher Hill. Rated 5 stars, but from only 1 review at the present moment at Amazon U.S. (the paucity of reviews is no doubt due to the fact that the book was published just last January); however, at GoodReads it is rated 4.10/5.00,, from 30 ratings at the present moment. U.S. digital list price $3.99; Kindle price now $0.99. Endeavor Press, publisher. 614 pages.
U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/Milton-English...ish+Revolution.
U.K.: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Milton-Engli...ish+Revolution.

Book Description
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 above all, religious thinker.

The result is a Milton very different from most popular imaginings: instead of a gloomy, sexless ‘Puritan’, we have a dashingly original thinker, sympathetic to polygamy, even branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine.

More importantly, Christopher Hill’s Milton is very different from the writer portrayed in most previous academic studies. To him, Milton is an author who found his real stimulus less in the literature of classical and times and more in the political and religious radicalism of his own day.

Hill demonstrates, with originality, learning and insight, how Milton’s political and religious predicament is reflected in his classic poetry, particularly ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Samson Agonistes’.

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GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Milton and the English Revolution--99 Cents (U.S.) and 99p (U.K.). Milton and the English Revolution. By Christopher Hill. Rated 5 stars, but from only 1 review at the present moment at Amazon U.S. (the paucity of reviews is no doubt due to the fact that the book was published just last January); however, at GoodReads it is rated 4.10/5.00,, from 30 ratings at the present moment. U.S. digital list price $3.99; Kindle price now $0.99. Endeavor Press, publisher. 614 pages. U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/Milton-English...ish+Revolution. U.K.: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Milton-Engli...ish+Revolution. Book Description 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 above all, religious thinker. The result is a Milton very different from most popular imaginings: instead of a gloomy, sexless ‘Puritan’, we have a dashingly original thinker, sympathetic to polygamy, even branded with the contemporary reputation of a libertine. More importantly, Christopher Hill’s Milton is very different from the writer portrayed in most previous academic studies. To him, Milton is an author who found his real stimulus less in the literature of classical and times and more in the political and religious radicalism of his own day. Hill demonstrates, with originality, learning and insight, how Milton’s political and religious predicament is reflected in his classic poetry, particularly ‘Paradise Lost’ and ‘Samson Agonistes’. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 03-13-2015 at 03:39 AM.