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Areopagitica A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England, London , Printed in the Year 1644

Areopagitica A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England, London , Printed in the Year 1644
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  • ISBN-13: 9780942208047
  • ISBN: 0942208048
  • Publisher: Bandanna Books

AUTHOR

Milton, John, Ash, A. S.

SUMMARY

In 1644 the English poet and man of letters, John Milton, published the Areopagitica as an appeal to Parliament to rescind their Licensing Order of June 16th, 1643. This order was designed to bring publishing under government control by creating a number of official censors to whom authors would submit their work for approval prior to having it published. Milton's argument, in brief, was that precensorship of authors was little more than an excuse for state control of thought. Recognizing that some means of accountability was necessary to ensure that libellous or other illegal works were kept under control, Milton felt this could be achieved by ensuring the legal responsibility of printers and authors for the content of what they published. Please Note: This book has been reformatted to be easy to read in true text, not scanned images that can sometimes be difficult to decipher. The Microsoft eBook has a contents page linked to the chapter headings for easy navigation. The Adobe eBook has bookmarks at chapter headings and is printable up to two full copies per year. Both versions are text searchable.Milton, John is the author of 'Areopagitica A Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England, London , Printed in the Year 1644' with ISBN 9780942208047 and ISBN 0942208048.

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