The dial of virtue : study of poems on affairs of state in the seventeenth century / by Ruth Nevo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nevo, Ruth, author.

Series:

Princeton legacy library.

Princeton Legacy Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English poetry.

Political poetry, English--History and criticism.

Political poetry, English.

Politics in literature.

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

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1963.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Mrs. Nevo assesses the entire scope of the "poems on affairs of state," throwing light on the political mind of the age and the evolution of style.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One. "Cities their lutes, and subjects hearts their strings"

Chapter Two. The "Disfiguring of Sin"

Chapter Three. "Crownes are for Hero's"

Chapter Four. "If these the Times, then this must be the Man"

Chapter Five. "With his own Fasces he shall make him Fires"

Chapter Six. "An Heroick, and a lawful King . . ."

Chapter Seven. Iconoclasts and Prophets

Chapter Eight. "Raillerie a la Mode Considered"

Chapter Nine. "The Wrong side of the Heros Outward . . ."

Chapter Ten. "That kingly power, thus ebbing out, might be Drawn to the dregs of a Democracy?

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-65166-3

1-4008-7717-2

OCLC:

967524427