Apology for Smectymnuus, or An Apology for a Pamphlet, was published by John Milton in April 1642. It was the final of his antiprelatical tracts which...
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defending the Smectymnuus group from Hall: Animadversions upon The Remonstrants Defence Against Smectymnvvs (1641) and Apology for Smectymnuus (1642). Thomas...
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preface of Book II, of Miltons views on literature and genres. Apology for Smectymnuus was published in April 1642 and is his final antiprelatical tract...
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publishing, but there is no certainty. Milton began plotting various subjects for tragedies in a notebook created in the 1640s. Many of the ideas dealt with...
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John Milton (section Secretary for Foreign Tongues)
(1641) The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty (1642) Apology for Smectymnuus (1642) Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce (1643) Judgement of Martin...
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Prelatical Episcopacy Animadversions The Reason of Church-Government Apology for Smectymnuus Divorce tracts Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce Judgement of...
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(1641) The Reason of Church-Government Urged against Prelaty (1642) Apology for Smectymnuus (1642) Of True Religion (1673) Hill 1977 p. 81 Wheeler 2003 p....
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against Hypocrites (1655). In 1656, he was summoned before the privy council for his share in a book of licentious poems, Sportive Wit, which was suppressed...
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theme. A financial worker by trade, he also wrote poetry. He lived in London for most of his life. Early in his life he converted to Protestantism and his...
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retort from the syndicate of Puritan divines, who wrote under the name of Smectymnuus. This was followed by a long controversy to which John Milton contributed...
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