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London (Oakland: Octavo), 1644; 1998. 1st edition. Other Binding. New/No Jacket (as issued). New digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of the 1644 first edition of this history-making polemic in favor of freedom of the press by poet and essayist John Milton (author of Paradise Lost), from a copy in the collection of Bridwell Library. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 600% of original size) as well as a new introduction by Nicolas Barker and detailed bibliographical information. This high-resolution version presents this work in the most detailed and accurate reproduction ever.
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Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica 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 pamphlet, Milton's powerful arguments against 1643's Licensing Order note that classical Greek and Roman society was never subjected to such censorship, and he uses many classical and biblical references to reinforce his argument.
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- Title Areopagitica
- Author John Milton
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- Edition 1st edition
- Publisher Octavo
- Date July 1998
- ISBN 9781891788093
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