Collection of the Ranter Writings Spiritual Liberty and Sexual Freedom in the English Revolution

The Ranters - like the Levellers and the Diggers - were a group of religious libertarians who flourished during the English Civil War (1642-1651), a period of social and religious turmoil which saw, in the words of the historian Christopher Hill, 'the world turned upside down'. A Collection of Ranter Writings is the most notable attempt to anthologise the key Ranter writings, bringing together some of the most remarkable, visionary and unforgettable texts. The subjects range from the limits to pleasure and divine right, to social justice and collective action. The Ranters have intrigued and captivated generations of scholars and philosophers. This carefully curated collection will be of great interest to historians, philosophers and all those trying to understand past radical traditions.

Info autore

Nigel Smith is William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature at Princeton University. His books include A Collection of Ranter Writings (Pluto, 2014), Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon (2010), and Is Milton better than Shakespeare? (2008), Harvard University Press.
John Carey is a British literary critic, and post-retirement emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He contributed the foreword to A Collection of Ranter Writings (Pluto, 2014).

Riassunto

The most comprehensive attempt to anthologise the key Ranter writings - bringing together some remarkable, visionary and unforgettable texts.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nigel Smith
• Con la collaborazione di: Nigel Smith (Editore), John Carey (Prefazione)
• Editore: Pluto
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 20.04.2014
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni
• EAN: 9780745333601
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3360-1
• Numero di pagine: 296
• Categorie: William Blake, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Cults, Christianity, John Holland, John Milton, New Model Army, History of Religion, Oliver Cromwell, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, English Civil War, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects, Presbyterians, Levellers, Puritanism, Sexual Revolution, Diggers, christopher hill, Abiezer Coppe, revolutionary politics, Revolutionary Poetry, millenarian movements, Gerrard Winstanley, Laurence Clarkson, Joseph Salmon, English Interregnum, anti-monarchist writings, Sir Thomas Fairfax, Biblical scriptures and politics, Religion and the English Revolution, republican writings, English Antinomianism, English Christianity