Milton and Republicanism

Klappentext Historians and literary critics offer a comprehensive thematic assessment of Milton's political and literary career. Zusammenfassung This volume draws upon the expertise of both historians and literary critics to examine the classical sources of Milton's republicanism! the genesis of that republicanism in the 1640s! its disappointment in the 1650s and its presence in his work (particularly in Paradise Lost) after the Restoration. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part 1. Defining Milton's Republicanism: 1. Milton's classical republicanism Martin Dzelzainis; 2. Milton and the characteristics of a free commonwealth Thomas N. Corns; 3. Great senates and godly education: politics and cultural renewal in some pre- and post-revolutionary texts of Milton Cedric C. Brown; Part II. Milton and Republican Literary Strategy: 4. Biblical reference in the political pamphlets of the Levellers and Milton, 1638-1654 Elizabeth Tuttle; 5. The metaphorical contract in Milton's Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Victoria Kahn; 6. Milton, Satan, Salmasius and Abdiel Roger Lejosne; 7. Paradise Lost as a republican 'tractatus theologico-politicus' Armand Himy; Part III. Milton and the Republican Experience: 8. Popular republicanism in the 1650s: John Streater's 'heroick mechanicks' Nigel Smith; 9. Milton and Marchamont Nedham Blair Worden; 10. Milton and the protectorate in 1658 Martin Dzelzainis; 11. John Milton: poet against Empire David Armitage; Part IV. Milton and the Republican Tradition: 12. The Whig Milton, 1667-1700 Nicholas von Maltzahn; 13. Borrowed language: Milton, Jefferson, Mirabeau Tony Davies.

Product details

• Authors: David (Professor of History Armitage, David Himy Armitage, Professor David Himy Armitage
• Assisted by: David Armitage (Editor), Armand Himy (Editor), Quentin Skinner (Editor), James Tully (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.1995
• EAN: 9780521551786
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55178-6
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education