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TITLE: |
Milton’s words / Annabel Patterson. |
AUTHOR: |
Patterson, Annabel. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. |
DESCRIPTION: |
viii, 212 p. ; 21 cm. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-207) and index. |
NOTES: |
Original and lively book showing how Milton used words in the extraordinary ways he did. After an account of Milton's writing life, Patterson discusses keywords - the keys to a text or a theory; words of sexual avoidance and distress; words of abuse; words privileged because 'Scripture'; learned words; and cunning little words, easily overlooked. |
SUBJECT: |
Milton, John, 1608-1674 --Criticism and interpretation. |
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