Milton: Aristocrat & Rebel : the Poet and His PoliticsThe author presents an account of Milton's political philosophy set in the closest relationship to his personal and intellectual history as a political man during the English revolution, the decisive event of his life and time. He follows Milton's mind in its political manifestations from his earlier poetry before the outbreak of revolt against the Stuart monarchy, through his activity as a passionate partisan and revolutionary publicist in the decades 1640-1660, to his final work as an epic poet following the revolution's failure and the restoration of Charles II in 1660. |
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Page 22
... felt a strong antipathy to the Laudian ceremonial innovations and repression in the Anglican church . A number of the entries in Milton's Commonplace Book cover political topics noted from his reading under headings such as " The State ...
... felt a strong antipathy to the Laudian ceremonial innovations and repression in the Anglican church . A number of the entries in Milton's Commonplace Book cover political topics noted from his reading under headings such as " The State ...
Page 32
... felt himself to be living in " an age of ages wherein God is manifestly come downe among us , to doe some remarkable good to our Church or state . " He was far from alone in this mood of apocalyptic fervor . Many Puritans felt it and it ...
... felt himself to be living in " an age of ages wherein God is manifestly come downe among us , to doe some remarkable good to our Church or state . " He was far from alone in this mood of apocalyptic fervor . Many Puritans felt it and it ...
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... felt that his people had let him down and who , in spite of his affiliation with the victorious party , was all too conscious of being a member of a militant minority surrounded by hostility . Much of the work was devoted to countering ...
... felt that his people had let him down and who , in spite of his affiliation with the victorious party , was all too conscious of being a member of a militant minority surrounded by hostility . Much of the work was devoted to countering ...
Contents
Episcopacy Divorce | 30 |
Regicide and the Right of | 60 |
Republicanism and the End of | 88 |
Copyright | |
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