Dragon's Teeth: Literature in the English Revolution"Books," wrote Milton, "are like dragon's teeth that spring up armed men." This study looks at some of the armed men that Milton, Marvell, Browne, and Butler sent off to fight, reading a series of 17th-century literary texts against the historical and political backdrop of the English Revolution. Confronting the formalist taboo on historical and political context, Wilding provides many challenging new readings, exploring issues of war and peace, of economic exploitation, social repression and the radical politics of the Levellers and Diggers. The issues that resulted in revolution three centuries ago are still relevant today, as Wilding persuasively demonstrates in a collection that will interest scholars and students of English literature, history, and political science. |
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... hand to destroy us , and wee are beholding unto every one wee meete hee doth not kill us . ( 115 ) The passage had a particular relevance for a society divided by class hostilities and , after Charles raised his standard in August 1642 ...
... hand to destroy us , and wee are beholding unto every one wee meete hee doth not kill us . ( 115 ) The passage had a particular relevance for a society divided by class hostilities and , after Charles raised his standard in August 1642 ...
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... hands are left clean ; it is the lower orders , the rank and file soldiers amongst whom the radical element flourished , who are given the taint of blood . While round the armed Bands Did clap their bloody hands . ( 55-6 ) The critics ...
... hands are left clean ; it is the lower orders , the rank and file soldiers amongst whom the radical element flourished , who are given the taint of blood . While round the armed Bands Did clap their bloody hands . ( 55-6 ) The critics ...
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... hands again by the laws of a free commonwealth . And in particular , this land is all abbey lands , formerly recovered out of the hands of the pope's power by the blood of the commoners of England , though the kings withheld their ...
... hands again by the laws of a free commonwealth . And in particular , this land is all abbey lands , formerly recovered out of the hands of the pope's power by the blood of the commoners of England , though the kings withheld their ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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