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Author Shawcross, John T.

Title The arms of the family : the significance of John Milton's relatives and associates / John T. Shawcross
Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part 1. Expanding the Biography; Chapter 1. Christopher Milton: Royalist and Brother; Chapter 2. Thomas Agar: Royalist and Brother-in-Law; Chapter 3. Edward Phillips: Royalist and Nephew; Chapter 4. John Phillips: Nonroyalist and Nephew; Part 2. John Milton; Chapter 5. Royalist Connections, but Parliamentarian; Chapter 6. Protestant and Familial Literary Implications; Afterword; Genogram; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Summary John T. Shawcross's groundbreaking new study of John Milton is an essential work of scholarship for those who seek a greater understanding of Milton, his family, and his social and political world. Shawcross uses extensive new archival research to scrutinize several misunderstood elements of Milton's life, including his first marriage and his relationship with his brother, brother-in-law and nephews. Shawcross examines Milton's numerous royalist connections, complicating the conventional view of Milton as eminent Puritan and raising questions about the role his connections played in his relati
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Subject Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Family
Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Friends and associates
SUBJECT Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast
Subject Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography
Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Family relationships
POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Families
Friendship
Poets, English -- Early modern -- Biography
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813158570
0813158575
1322598517
9781322598512
0813122910
9780813122915