Literature and the English Civil War

Literature and the English Civil War
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780521370820
ISBN-13 : 0521370825
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Book Synopsis Literature and the English Civil War by : Thomas Healy

Download or read book Literature and the English Civil War written by Thomas Healy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-05-25 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book charts the relationship between literary texts and their historical context from 1640-1660. Essays in the volume focus on issues of ideology and genre; the politics of the masque; lyric and devotional poetry; women's writings; attitudes towards Ireland; colonialism; madness and division; and individual writers such as Hobbes, Marvell and Milton.


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