Author: John MiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of the press
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of the press
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher: SSEL
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 93
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From the introduction of printing into England, the liberty of the press had been modified from time to time by royal proclamations. In 1557 the Stationers Company of London was formed. The exclusive privilege of printing and publishing in the English dominions was given to 97 London stationers and their successors by regular apprenticeship. All printing was thus centralised in London under the immediate inspection of the Government. No one could legally print, without special license, who did not belong to the Stationers Company. The Company had power to search for and to seize publications which infringed their privilege.In November, 1644, Miltons Areopagitica, a plea for the free expression of opinion, was published as a protest against this Order. It is a pamphlet in the form of a speech supposed to be addressed to the Parliament.This Premium edition is annotated with a commentary by Sir R. C Jebb and a biography by A. W Verity. It also comes with a beautiful layout that makes reading comfortable.
Areopagitica a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
Author: John MiltonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781535137409
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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The Areopagitica, John Milton's famous defense of publishing and press freedoms, is available here anew in this inexpensive and well-presented edition. A pivotal text in the establishment of the right to publicised speech and expression, the Areopagitica offered the English Parliament a full and frank defense of the principles of printing. Crucial in the evolution of English, European and North American democracy, this impassioned speech steeled the development of a modern, liberal democracy in the Western world. The text remains an important reference for students, authors and journalists, being as it is one of the earliest and most eloquent examples of a defense of press freedom in existence. By the mid-17th century, the potency and power of the printing press as a means of communicating ideas and thoughts around the world was clear - to John Milton, a popular poet and writer, the freedom of printing from censorship and prohibitive licensing was a crucial tenet that civilised society should forever hold.
Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonAreopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
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Category : Censorship
Languages : en
Pages : 65
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Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
Author: John MiltonPublisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 46
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Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England John Milton was celebrated and denounced in his own time both as a poet and as a polemicist. Today he is remembered first and foremost for his poetry, but his great epic Paradise Lost was published very late in his life, in 1667, and in his own time most readers more readily recognised Milton as a writer of prose. This superbly annotated new book is an authoritative edition of Milton's major prose works, including Of Education, The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates and the Divorce tracts, as well as the famous 1644 polemical tract on the opposing licensing and censorship, Areopagitica.In 1644, as Cromwell's Civil War was raging in England, the celebrated poet John Milton published his Areopagitica, Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England a polemical tract arguing for the freedom of speech and an unlicensed press. Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England The essay's title, “Areopagitica,” was derived from the name of a speech written by the ancient Greek orator Isocrates, Areopagitikos. Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England Addressed to the Parliament of England, the Areopagitica draws on a number of classical and biblical sources to support Milton's cause for the freedom of the press. One of the most obvious examples that the author uses is that of the Areopagus, a judicial council which, in ancient times, had investigated corruption in Athens. Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England In modern times, the Areopagitica is principally appreciated as a cornerstone in the argument for the freedom of speech. Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. 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. Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England
Milton's Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of the press
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. 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.
Areopagitica
Author: John MiltonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Freedom of the press
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Author: John Milton