Censorship and conflict in seventeenth-century England : the subtle art of division / Randy Robertson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robertson, Randy, 1969- author.

Series:

Penn State series in the history of the book.

The Penn State series in the history of the book

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.

Censorship--England--History--17th century.

Censorship.

Physical Description:

xv, 272 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Examines censorship in seventeenth-century England. Focuses on authors whose concerns and commitments were equally political and aesthetic, including William Prynne, Richard Lovelace, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, and Jonathan Swift. Analyzes both the mechanics of early modern censorship and the poetics that the licensing system produced"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 ‘‘Consider What May Come of It’’: Prynne’s Play and Charles’s Stately Theater

2 Lovelace and the ‘‘Barbed Censurers’’

3 Free Speech, Fallibility, and the Public Sphere: Milton Among the Skeptics

4 The Delicate Arts of Anonymity and Attribution

5 The Battle of the Books: Swift’s Leviathan and the End of Licensing

Conclusion: Dividing Lines—1689, 1695, and Afterward

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.

ISBN:

9780271075280

0271075287

9780271049809

0271049804

9780271036557

0271036559

OCLC:

341258828