Milton's God
- ISBN-10
- 0313210217
- ISBN-13
- 9780313210211
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 280
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979-01
- Publisher
- Praeger Pub Text
- Author
- William Empson
Description
Reprint of the ed. published by New Directions, Norfolk, Conn. in 1961.
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