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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... civil wars fought out from 1639 to 1651 , the shock of the execution of Charles I , and the uncertainty of the suc- ceeding period of constitutional experiment were enacted and refigured in writing which both shaped and was shaped by ...
... civil wars fought out from 1639 to 1651 , the shock of the execution of Charles I , and the uncertainty of the suc- ceeding period of constitutional experiment were enacted and refigured in writing which both shaped and was shaped by ...
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... Civil Wars page ix X xi xxi I 13 JOHN MORRILL 2 Ideas in conflict : political and religious thought during the English Revolution 32 MARTIN DZELZAINIS 3 Texts in conflict : the press and the Civil War SHARON ACHINSTEIN Part 2 : Radical ...
... Civil Wars page ix X xi xxi I 13 JOHN MORRILL 2 Ideas in conflict : political and religious thought during the English Revolution 32 MARTIN DZELZAINIS 3 Texts in conflict : the press and the Civil War SHARON ACHINSTEIN Part 2 : Radical ...
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... Civil War breaks out ( Spring ) Battle of Preston ( 17 August ; Cromwell's victory ) Second Civil War ends with surrender of Colchester to Fairfax ( 27 August ) Parliament opens negotiations with Charles ( 18 September ) By preventing ...
... Civil War breaks out ( Spring ) Battle of Preston ( 17 August ; Cromwell's victory ) Second Civil War ends with surrender of Colchester to Fairfax ( 27 August ) Parliament opens negotiations with Charles ( 18 September ) By preventing ...
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... Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes Publication of Lovelace's Lucasta : Posthume Poems Monck enters England and begins to march south ( 2 January ) , reaching London on 2 February Presbyterian MPs excluded by Pride's Purge readmitted ...
... Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes Publication of Lovelace's Lucasta : Posthume Poems Monck enters England and begins to march south ( 2 January ) , reaching London on 2 February Presbyterian MPs excluded by Pride's Purge readmitted ...
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... Civil War aim of bringing the King to a reconciliation with Parliament . When , in 1645 , he joined the Army , he was appalled to find the mood of Cromwell's forces far more extreme . To him it appeared that those he described as ' hot ...
... Civil War aim of bringing the King to a reconciliation with Parliament . When , in 1645 , he joined the Army , he was appalled to find the mood of Cromwell's forces far more extreme . To him it appeared that those he described as ' hot ...
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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