The Cambridge Companion to Writing of the English RevolutionN. H. Keeble "This collection of fifteen essays by leading scholars examines the extraordinary diversity and richness of the writing produced in response to, and as part of, the upheaval in the religious, political and cultural life of the nation which constituted the English Revolution. The turmoil of the civil wars fought out from 1639 to 1651, the shock of the execution of Charles I, and the uncertainty of the succeeding period of constitutional experiment were enacted and refigured in writing which both shaped and was shaped by the tumultuous times. The various strategies of this battle of the books are explored through essays on the course of events, intellectual trends and the publishing industry; in discussions of canonical figures such as Milton, Marvell, Bunyan and Clarendon; and in accounts of women's writing and of fictional and non-fictional prose. A full chronology, detailed guides to further reading and a glossary are included." -- Publisher description. |
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... Church of England , schools and universities , comes into effect on 24 August ; approximately 2,000 ministers are ejected Publication of Katherine Evans ' and Sarah Cheevers ' Short Relation of Cruel Sufferings Conventicle Act prohibits ...
... Church of England , schools and universities , comes into effect on 24 August ; approximately 2,000 ministers are ejected Publication of Katherine Evans ' and Sarah Cheevers ' Short Relation of Cruel Sufferings Conventicle Act prohibits ...
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... Church and State ' : ' they took the King for a Tyrant and an Enemy , and really intended absolutely to master him ... England by William Caxton in 1476 its output had steadily increased , but during the middle of the seven- teenth ...
... Church and State ' : ' they took the King for a Tyrant and an Enemy , and really intended absolutely to master him ... England by William Caxton in 1476 its output had steadily increased , but during the middle of the seven- teenth ...
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... church ( whatever its complexion ) and of state - imposed uniformity of religious practice by Independent advocates ... England , there was no restriction upon what might be published . Although this freedom was neither entirely novel ...
... church ( whatever its complexion ) and of state - imposed uniformity of religious practice by Independent advocates ... England , there was no restriction upon what might be published . Although this freedom was neither entirely novel ...
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... church and state , they found themselves deprived of all access to power largely by those who , in pre - revolutionary England , had counted for very little . Cromwell's achievement was certainly unprecedented in English history ...
... church and state , they found themselves deprived of all access to power largely by those who , in pre - revolutionary England , had counted for very little . Cromwell's achievement was certainly unprecedented in English history ...
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Contents
The causes and course of the British Civil Wars | 13 |
Ideas in conflict political and religious thought during the English Revolution | 32 |
Texts in conflict the press and the Civil War | 50 |
II | 69 |
Radical pamphleteering | 71 |
Miltons prose and the Revolution | 87 |
Andrew Marvell and the Revolution | 107 |
III | 125 |
IV | 179 |
Royalist lyric | 181 |
Prayerbook devotion the literature of the proscribed episcopal church | 198 |
Royalist epic and romance | 215 |
V | 231 |
The English Revolution and English historiography | 233 |
Paradise Lost from Civil War to Restoration | 251 |
Bunyan and the Holy War | 268 |
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