Writing the English Republic: Poetry, Rhetoric and Politics, 1627-1660This magisterial new history of seventeenth-century republican political culture sets key texts by Marvell and Milton in a richly detailed context, showing how writers re-imagined English political and literary culture without kingship. The book draws on extensive archival research, bringing to light exciting and neglected manuscript and printed sources. Offering a bold new narrative of the whole period, and a timely reminder that England has a republican as well as royalist heritage, it will be of compelling interest to historians as well as literary scholars. |
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... Roman influences . 11. Republicans in literature . I. Title . PR545.H5N67 1998 821'.409358 - dc21 98-3856 CIP ISBN 0 521 632757 hardback ISBN 0 521 785693 paperback HB EDITION AT PE PRICE FOR BERNARD AND HEATHER O'DONOGHUE Contents List ...
... Roman influences . 11. Republicans in literature . I. Title . PR545.H5N67 1998 821'.409358 - dc21 98-3856 CIP ISBN 0 521 632757 hardback ISBN 0 521 785693 paperback HB EDITION AT PE PRICE FOR BERNARD AND HEATHER O'DONOGHUE Contents List ...
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... Roman emperors . The spirit of free and open speech amongst equals that had been enjoyed by the political elite under the republic gave way to one - sided praise . The shift from deliberative to demonstrative rhetoric , from argument to ...
... Roman emperors . The spirit of free and open speech amongst equals that had been enjoyed by the political elite under the republic gave way to one - sided praise . The shift from deliberative to demonstrative rhetoric , from argument to ...
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... Roman civil wars offered a gory flashback to the carnage and savagery of the civil tumults in Rome under Marius and Sulla , only to prepare the way for a narrative of an even more gory conflict . Whitelocke's quotation could , then , be ...
... Roman civil wars offered a gory flashback to the carnage and savagery of the civil tumults in Rome under Marius and Sulla , only to prepare the way for a narrative of an even more gory conflict . Whitelocke's quotation could , then , be ...
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Writing the English Republic: Poetry, Rhetoric, and Politics, 1627-1660 David Norbrook No preview available - 1999 |
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