Areopagitica :: a speech for the liberty of unlicensed printing to the Parliament of England /

<I>Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England</i> is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, <i>Areopagitica</i> is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work i...

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Main Author: Milton, John, 1608-1674
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, ©2009.
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Online Access:DE-862
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Summary:<I>Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England</i> is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, <i>Areopagitica</i> 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 pamph.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781775414452
1775414450
1775567036
9781775567035

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