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The discourse of sovereignty, Hobbes to Fielding : the state of nature and the nature of the state / Stuart Sim and David Walker.
Van Pelt Library PR438.P65 S58 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sim, Stuart.
- Series:
- Studies in early modern English literature
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.
- Politics and literature.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- English literature--18th century--History and criticism.
- Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.
- Intellectual life.
- Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679--Influence.
- Hobbes, Thomas.
- Sovereignty in literature.
- State, The, in literature.
- Monarchy in literature.
- Nature in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 217 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- Introduction: From Revolution to Rebellion 1
- Part I Revolution to Republic
- 1 Hobbes: Absolutism and the State of Nature 13
- 2 Harrington: Oceana and the State of Nature 27
- 3 Diggers, Levellers, and Ranters: The Bible and the State of Nature 37
- 4 Milton and the State of Nature 53
- Part II Restoration to Revolution
- 5 Locke, Sidney, and the Whig State of Nature 71
- 6 Neville: The Utopian State of Nature Revisited 87
- 7 Behn and the Paternal State of Nature 97
- 8 Dryden: Don Sebastian and the Ideal Ruler 115
- Part III Post-Restoration and the Hanoverian Settlement
- 9 Calvinism and the State of Nature: Robinson Crusoe 135
- 10 Manley, Defoe and the Politics of Self-Interest 151
- 11 Bolingbroke: Party and the State of Nature 165
- 12 Henry and Sarah Fielding: Hobbes Restated 181
- Conclusion: The Narratives of Sovereignty 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-212) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754604551
- OCLC:
- 50253159
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