Anti-Formalist, Unrevolutionary, Illiberal Milton
Subtitle: Political Prose, 1644-1660
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781472431332
Subjects: Politics and literature; Milton, john, 1608-1674, political and social views
Description: Citing Milton''s major prose works from the civil war through to the Restoration, Walker reveals a Milton who is antiformalist in his constitutional thought, unrevolutionary in his general socio-political outlook, and markedly illiberal on a wide range of social, religious and political issues. Walker''s book is thus a highly provocative challenge to the current consensus that Milton is an early modern proponent of republicanism, radicalism, revolution and liberalism.