Dragon's Teeth: Literature in the English Revolution"Books," wrote Milton, "are like dragon's teeth that spring up armed men." This study looks at some of the armed men that Milton, Marvell, Browne, and Butler sent off to fight, reading a series of 17th-century literary texts against the historical and political backdrop of the English Revolution. Confronting the formalist taboo on historical and political context, Wilding provides many challenging new readings, exploring issues of war and peace, of economic exploitation, social repression and the radical politics of the Levellers and Diggers. The issues that resulted in revolution three centuries ago are still relevant today, as Wilding persuasively demonstrates in a collection that will interest scholars and students of English literature, history, and political science. |
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... idea of Ludlow Castle as a military outpost keeping watch over the sur- rounding area is an implication the audience could readily draw from Comus's image of dawn dramatized in just such terms ; it was not an idea anyone was like to ...
... idea of Ludlow Castle as a military outpost keeping watch over the sur- rounding area is an implication the audience could readily draw from Comus's image of dawn dramatized in just such terms ; it was not an idea anyone was like to ...
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... idea ' as B. A. Wright puts it , ' that body and spirit are not different kinds but only different degrees in the scale of existence ' , 124 To whom the winged hierarch replied . O Adam , one almighty is , from whom All things proceed ...
... idea ' as B. A. Wright puts it , ' that body and spirit are not different kinds but only different degrees in the scale of existence ' , 124 To whom the winged hierarch replied . O Adam , one almighty is , from whom All things proceed ...
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... idea of inspiration becomes problematical . The Muses are suddenly politicized . The poet's invocation to the Muses , the request for their inspiration and aid , are a traditional feature of classical poetry . But to see Milton's ...
... idea of inspiration becomes problematical . The Muses are suddenly politicized . The poet's invocation to the Muses , the request for their inspiration and aid , are a traditional feature of classical poetry . But to see Milton's ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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