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Milton's Ireland : royalism, republicanism and the question of pluralism /

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"This first book devoted to Milton's engagement with Ireland reveals an Ireland before the Cromwellian Conquest and traces the paradoxical resonances of Milton's republicanism in Ireland to this day. Lee Morrissey sheds new light on Milton's political development, exposing the pe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrissey, Lee (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Subjects:
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Political and social views.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Knowledge and learning.
Ireland > Politics and government > 17th century.
Irlande > Politique et gouvernement > 17e siècle.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Table of Contents:
  • 1641-1642 : Milton's Anti-prelatical Tracts and the Ulster Rising
  • The 1645 Poems : Spenser's 'Colin Clouts Come Home Againe' and (the Revisions of) Milton's 'Lycidas'
  • Early 1649 : The Execution of Charles I and Milton's 'Observations' in Articles of Peace
  • Later 1649 : Milton's Eikonoklastes and Cromwell's Invasion
  • The Early 1650s : Defences after Cromwell's Invasion
  • The Later 1650s : Varieties of English Republicanism.