Literature and Revolution in England, 1640-1660

Author(s): Smith, Nigel

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Near Fine
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Yale University Press
Publication Year:	1997
ISBN:	9780300071535
Book ID:	000347
Catalogue(s):	History - British ◇ Literary History and Criticism

1st softcover ed. Indexed. Very gentle edgewear to laminated wraps; small previous owner's pencil inscription on title page. Nigel Smith examines literary output in England during the civil war and interregnum, from Milton's Paradise Lost to epics and romances, exploring the effect of politics on the practice of writing and the impact of literature on patterns of historical change.

Keywords:

literary history interregnum civil war cromwell seventeenth century