John Milton's "Areopagitica" is best described by which of the following genres ?
Correct answer: B. Prose polemic
- A. Pastoral elegy
- B. Prose polemic
- C. Blank verse tragedy
- D. Masque
Explanation
Areopagitica is Milton's prose polemic against licensing and pre-publication censorship, published in 1644. It is not a poem, tragedy, or masque, although its prose is highly rhetorical and literary.
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