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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... Cromwell's driving ' thorough his own side ' , they are part of the context of the poem's subject ; the objection to the Irish campaign is something consciously excluded from the poem . Certain political implications are sig- nificantly ...
... Cromwell's driving ' thorough his own side ' , they are part of the context of the poem's subject ; the objection to the Irish campaign is something consciously excluded from the poem . Certain political implications are sig- nificantly ...
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... Cromwell that Charles should escape to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight , commanded by a cousin of Cromwell's , Robert Hammond . Before the escape , Cromwell had 38 John Buchan , Oliver Cromwell ( London , 1934 ) , p . 259 ...
... Cromwell that Charles should escape to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight , commanded by a cousin of Cromwell's , Robert Hammond . Before the escape , Cromwell had 38 John Buchan , Oliver Cromwell ( London , 1934 ) , p . 259 ...
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... Cromwell to the ' armed Bands ' , they are the ones with ' bloody hands ' , the rank and file soldiers , the lower orders.46 To allow a sympathetic portrayal of Charles at his execution in a poem commemorating Cromwell's return from ...
... Cromwell to the ' armed Bands ' , they are the ones with ' bloody hands ' , the rank and file soldiers , the lower orders.46 To allow a sympathetic portrayal of Charles at his execution in a poem commemorating Cromwell's return from ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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