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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... reality : they are Comus's magic dust , he needs no other . The mask he puts on , his act , fulfils all too readily her expectations . And recognizing the value the Lady places on Puritan virtues of thrift and 62 Comus , Camus , Commerce.
... reality : they are Comus's magic dust , he needs no other . The mask he puts on , his act , fulfils all too readily her expectations . And recognizing the value the Lady places on Puritan virtues of thrift and 62 Comus , Camus , Commerce.
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... reality , ' everyday ' reality . It is this everyday , rural England that Butler cumulatively establishes ; and much of his hostility to the Puritans comes from their attempts to suppress and reform tradition , their dictatorship of ...
... reality , ' everyday ' reality . It is this everyday , rural England that Butler cumulatively establishes ; and much of his hostility to the Puritans comes from their attempts to suppress and reform tradition , their dictatorship of ...
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... reality and its life . It is a debate in the Long Parliament , and though the theme of Paradise Lost obliged Milton to side with the monarchical element in the universe , his old habits are often too much for him ; and his real sympathy ...
... reality and its life . It is a debate in the Long Parliament , and though the theme of Paradise Lost obliged Milton to side with the monarchical element in the universe , his old habits are often too much for him ; and his real sympathy ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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