Literature and Politics in Cromwellian England: John Milton, Andrew Marvell, Marchamont Nedham

by Blair Worden

Book Overview

In this book a pre-eminent historian of Cromwellian England takes a fresh approach to the literary biography of the two great poets of the Puritan Revolution, John Milton and Andrew Marvell. Blair Worden reconstructs the political contexts within which Milton and Marvell wrote, and reassesses their writings against the background of volatile and dramatic changes of public mood and circumstance. Two figures are shown to have been prominent in their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019923082X
• ISBN13: 9780199230822
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"