England’s Time of Crisis: From Shakespeare to Milton

A Cultural History

Häftad, Engelska, 1989

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Beskrivning

Many events of the divided society from Elizabeth I to Charles I were taken as an unmistakable sign that the world was entering its last days. This text shows how pervasive was this pessimistic mood and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1989-01-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 23 mm
Vikt:503 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:391
Upplaga:1989
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349097722

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Innehållsförteckning

Part 1: England's time of crisis; this luckless kingdom; the corrupted Church; London - the corrupted city; the corrupted Court; the corrupted world; a great hazard - the coming of Civl War. Part 2: Shakespeare and the crisis of authority; counterfeit representations - tragedy at the Stuart Court; the private world of Donne, Burton and Browne; the public world of Clarendon, Hobbes and Milton.