Literature and Revolution in England, 1640-1660

by Nigel Smith

Book Overview

The years of the British Civil War and Interregnum constituted a turning point not only in the political, social, and religious history of seventeenth-century England but also in the use and meaning of English language and literature. Smith examines literary output from the age from Milton's Paradise Lost to epics and romances, to psalms and hymns. This highly original book explores the effect of politics on the practice of writing and the impact...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300071531
• ISBN13: 9780300071535
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"