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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910777730203321
• Autore: Robertson Randy <1969->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• ISBN: 0-271-07528-7; 0-271-04980-4; 0-271-03655-9
• Descrizione fisica: xv, 272 p
• Collana: The Penn State series in the history of the book
• Disciplina: 363.310942/09032
• Soggetti: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century; Censorship - England - History - 17th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-265) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.