Literature and Revolution in England, 1640-1660

by Nigel Smith

Book Overview

The years of the British Civil War and Interregnum constituted a turning point not only in the political, social, and religious history of seventeenth-century England but also in the use and meaning of English language and literature. At a time of crisis and constitutional turmoil, literature itself acquired new functions and played a dynamic part in the fragmentation of religious and political authority.

Nigel Smith argues that the upheaval...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300071531
• ISBN13: 9780300071535
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"