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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... campaign . When Parliament began to plan the Irish campaign in 1647 , it was decided to disband the New Model Army and raise a new force . But the army refused to disband until arrears of pay had been met , and while assembled with a ...
... campaign . When Parliament began to plan the Irish campaign in 1647 , it was decided to disband the New Model Army and raise a new force . But the army refused to disband until arrears of pay had been met , and while assembled with a ...
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... campaign is excluded from the poem , so is any recognition of the opposition to the campaign against the Scots . Fairfax had resigned command of the Commonwealth's forces because , he said , I think it doubtful whether we have a just ...
... campaign is excluded from the poem , so is any recognition of the opposition to the campaign against the Scots . Fairfax had resigned command of the Commonwealth's forces because , he said , I think it doubtful whether we have a just ...
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... campaign at a time when the campaign was being fought , or in singling him out as a potential focus of opposition to Cromwell's command . Fairfax had announced the grounds of his refusal to undertake the campaign against Scotland to the ...
... campaign at a time when the campaign was being fought , or in singling him out as a potential focus of opposition to Cromwell's command . Fairfax had announced the grounds of his refusal to undertake the campaign against Scotland to the ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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