The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650–1740Steven N. Zwicker This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew. |
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... PAUL HAMMOND Part 2: Writers 8 “This Islands watchful Centinél”: anti Catholicism and protoWhiggery in Milton and Marvell CEDRIC C. BROWN 9 John Dryden STEVEN N. ZWICKER 10 John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester ROS BALLASTER 11 The.
... PAUL HAMMOND Part 2: Writers 8 “This Islands watchful Centinél”: anti Catholicism and protoWhiggery in Milton and Marvell CEDRIC C. BROWN 9 John Dryden STEVEN N. ZWICKER 10 John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester ROS BALLASTER 11 The.
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... Catholic, and Whig against Tory suggests that English enmitiesrandeep. Itis true,of course, thatthe English people hadnever beenas one,but the sixteenth century Reformation and its repercussions, followed by the crisis of Stuart ...
... Catholic, and Whig against Tory suggests that English enmitiesrandeep. Itis true,of course, thatthe English people hadnever beenas one,but the sixteenth century Reformation and its repercussions, followed by the crisis of Stuart ...
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... Catholics frompublic office. In 1673 Membersof Parliament gavevoiceto the emerging “Country” opposition which helpedto give a newshape to politics. Adrift towardamore arbitrary styleof government was perceived in Charles's close links ...
... Catholics frompublic office. In 1673 Membersof Parliament gavevoiceto the emerging “Country” opposition which helpedto give a newshape to politics. Adrift towardamore arbitrary styleof government was perceived in Charles's close links ...
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... Catholic marriedto an Italian Catholic princess since 1673was next in line to thethrone, didmuchto fuel anxiety about the growth of popery and arbitrary government. Thenin theautumn andwinterof 1678 thenation and parliament were ...
... Catholic marriedto an Italian Catholic princess since 1673was next in line to thethrone, didmuchto fuel anxiety about the growth of popery and arbitrary government. Thenin theautumn andwinterof 1678 thenation and parliament were ...
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... Catholicism to England and to repeal the Tests. Historians tend to see him as thevictim of an idée fixe rather than ... Catholics, Dissenters of many hues,including Quakers, and former Cromwellians, Parliamentarians, and Whigs. James ...
... Catholicism to England and to repeal the Tests. Historians tend to see him as thevictim of an idée fixe rather than ... Catholics, Dissenters of many hues,including Quakers, and former Cromwellians, Parliamentarians, and Whigs. James ...
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