"Like parchment in the fire" : literature and radicalism in the English civil war / Prasanta Chakravarty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chakravarty, Prasanta, author.

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory.

Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Politics and literature.

Literature and history--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Literature and history.

Radicalism in literature.

Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Literature and the war.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the literary, religious and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern radical reformers, the issue of radical religion as a negotiating tool and the limits of radical liberal thought.

Contents:

Front cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Radicalism from the Center: The Republican Moments of John Milton; Chapter Two. Natural Law as a Radical Weapon: John Warr, the Levellers and John Locke; Chapter Three. The Universal in the Local: Digger Radicalism Revisited; Chapter Four.Turning the World Upside Down and the Limits of Liberalism: The Delayed Radicalism of the Ranters; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-51119-5

1-135-51112-8

1-281-09458-7

9786611094584

0-203-96002-5

9780203960028

OCLC:

476055101