Lines of Authority

by Steven N. Zwicker

Book Overview

Focusing on the turbulent years between the execution of Charles I and the triumph of William III, Steven N. Zwicker reads English literature as a series of brilliant and deeply engaged polemical contests. Zwicker juxtaposes overtly polemical writings--pamphlets, broadsides, and ballads--with canonical works, including epic, historical verse, tragedy, and satire, in order to demonstrate how literature not only reflected on political action but...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801483360
• ISBN13: 9780801483363
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher