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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N. H. Keeble. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Titlepage of The Ranters Declaration , 1650 , a tract hostile to radical Puritanism ; this same woodcut was used of the Quakers , to the same effect , as the titlepage of The Quakers Dream , 1655 . By ...
N. H. Keeble. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Titlepage of The Ranters Declaration , 1650 , a tract hostile to radical Puritanism ; this same woodcut was used of the Quakers , to the same effect , as the titlepage of The Quakers Dream , 1655 . By ...
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... tracts Birth of Richard Cromwell , afterwards Lord Protector William Laud becomes bishop of London Assassination of George Villiers , 1st Duke of Buckingham , favourite of Charles I Birth of Charles , Prince of Wales , afterwards ...
... tracts Birth of Richard Cromwell , afterwards Lord Protector William Laud becomes bishop of London Assassination of George Villiers , 1st Duke of Buckingham , favourite of Charles I Birth of Charles , Prince of Wales , afterwards ...
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... tracts and books Long Parliament assembles ( 3 November ) Impeachment of Archbishop William Laud ( December ) Abolition of Court of Star Chamber ( July ) ; collapse of censorship regulations Parliamentarian Diurnall Occurrences , the ...
... tracts and books Long Parliament assembles ( 3 November ) Impeachment of Archbishop William Laud ( December ) Abolition of Court of Star Chamber ( July ) ; collapse of censorship regulations Parliamentarian Diurnall Occurrences , the ...
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... Lord Protector Publication of Margaret Cavendish's Poems and Fancies Publication of An Collins ' Divine Songs and Meditations First Quaker tracts published 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 Publication of Izaak XV CHRONOLOGIES.
... Lord Protector Publication of Margaret Cavendish's Poems and Fancies Publication of An Collins ' Divine Songs and Meditations First Quaker tracts published 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 Publication of Izaak XV CHRONOLOGIES.
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... tracts , pamphlets and books assembled by the bookseller George Thomason , who , between 1640 and 1661 , amassed 22,000 publica- tions . Never before had so many people turned to writing , never before had so many seen their thoughts ...
... tracts , pamphlets and books assembled by the bookseller George Thomason , who , between 1640 and 1661 , amassed 22,000 publica- tions . Never before had so many people turned to writing , never before had so many seen their thoughts ...
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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