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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... vision that reminds us that apocalyptic imagery was not a ' purely literary ' matter , not a matter of pure aesthetics . In the context of the 1640s , a vision of apocalypse was a revolutionary vision . And in 1645 the parade of ...
... vision that reminds us that apocalyptic imagery was not a ' purely literary ' matter , not a matter of pure aesthetics . In the context of the 1640s , a vision of apocalypse was a revolutionary vision . And in 1645 the parade of ...
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... vision that would entitle us to see a more fleshed - out incipient radicalism ? The description of ' the Heav'n - born - child / All meanly wrapp'd in the rude manger ' ( ' On the Nativity ' , 30–1 ) certainly allows a sympathy for the ...
... vision that would entitle us to see a more fleshed - out incipient radicalism ? The description of ' the Heav'n - born - child / All meanly wrapp'd in the rude manger ' ( ' On the Nativity ' , 30–1 ) certainly allows a sympathy for the ...
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... vision of the Second Coming was a vision of universal peace . And so in ' On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' But he her fears to cease , III Sent down the meek - eyed Peace , She crowned with olive green , came softly sliding Down ...
... vision of the Second Coming was a vision of universal peace . And so in ' On the Morning of Christ's Nativity ' But he her fears to cease , III Sent down the meek - eyed Peace , She crowned with olive green , came softly sliding Down ...
Contents
List of abbreviations | 1 |
Politics | 28 |
Religio Medici in the English Revolution | 89 |
Copyright | |
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