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The Life of John Milton: a Critical Biography.(Book Review)

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From: Church History
Date: 20030301
Author:Abbott, William M.

By Barbara K. Lewalski. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell, 2000. xviii + 777 pp. $39.95 cloth.

John Milton is a hard man to know. Generations of scholars have puzzled over the origins of his religious and political radicalism and over the apparent contradictions in his life. He was a tireless advocate of religious toleration who could also call for ruthless suppression of Catholics, an advocate of divorce who nevertheless adhered to conventional norms of gender hierarchy, and a defender of republicanism who could also call for rule by an enlightened minority over the vulgar herd. Any ...

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