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Re: John Milton and the Areopagitica

From: (wrong string) ありがとうございました。 <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:22:49 +0000
Message-Id: <F7BED003-478C-456D-8032-314E0809B180@btinternet.com>
Cc: John Milton <swdemon1981@yahoo.com>, www-archive <www-archive@w3.org>
To: Sean B. Palmer <sean@miscoranda.com>

Sean,

is Cheshire your sole objection?
or are Schrdinger, Marmalade, Boots and all in?

regards

  	
Jonathan Chetwynd

j.chetwynd@btinternet.com
http://www.peepo.com/

+44 (0) 20 7978 1764


On 25 Feb 2008, at 10:54, Sean B. Palmer wrote:


When John Milton published the Areopagitica, it was common practice
(indeed it had been law) for the printer's name to appear on the
works, whereas the authors could hide their radicality behind
pseudonyms or anonymity. Milton defied the incipient censorship by
turning this on its head: his pamphlet didn't have his printer's name,
but instead proudly displayed "AREOPAGITICA; A SPEECH OF M|r|. JOHN
MILTON".

Your choice of pseudonym is bitterly ironic. Milton wasn't a pussy.

Thanks,

-- 
Sean B. Palmer, http://inamidst.com/sbp/
Received on Monday, 25 February 2008 11:23:05 GMT

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