LEADER 03803nam 22007092 450 001 9910453091203321 005 20151005020624.0 010 $a1-139-89180-4 010 $a1-107-42464-X 010 $a1-107-42263-9 010 $a1-107-42070-9 010 $a1-139-81189-4 010 $a1-107-41691-4 010 $a1-107-41954-9 010 $a1-107-41822-4 035 $a(CKB)2550000001115162 035 $a(EBL)1394564 035 $a(OCoLC)863202384 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000957186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12427449 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000957186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10979959 035 $a(PQKB)11639051 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781139811897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394564 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394564 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10753028 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL515464 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001115162 100 $a20121004d2013|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England /$fBlaine Greteman, University of Iowa$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-03808-1 311 $a1-299-84213-5 327 $aIntroduction: Childish things -- Coming of age on stage: Jonson's epicoene and the politics of childhood in early Stuart England -- Children, literature, and the problem of consent -- Contract's children: Thomas Hobbes and the culture of subjection -- 'Perplex't paths': youth and authority in Milton's early work -- 'Children of reviving libertie': the radical politics of Milton's pedagogy -- 'Youthful beauty': infancy and adulthood among the angels of Paradise Lost -- Children of paradise -- Epilogue: 'Children gathering pebbles on the shore'. 330 $aAs the notion of government by consent took hold in early modern England, many authors used childhood and maturity to address contentious questions of political representation - about who has a voice and who can speak on his or her own behalf. For John Milton, Ben Jonson, William Prynne, Thomas Hobbes and others, the period between infancy and adulthood became a site of intense scrutiny, especially as they examined the role of a literary education in turning children into political actors. Drawing on new archival evidence, Blaine Greteman argues that coming of age in the seventeenth century was a uniquely political act. His study makes a compelling case for understanding childhood as a decisive factor in debates over consent, autonomy and political voice, and will offer graduate students and scholars a new perspective on the emergence of apolitical children's literature in the eighteenth century. 517 3 $aThe Poetics & Politics of Youth in Milton's England 606 $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren in literature 606 $aYouth in literature 606 $aChildren and politics$xHistory$y17th century 606 $aLiterature and society$zEngland$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren in literature. 615 0$aYouth in literature. 615 0$aChildren and politics$xHistory 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory 676 $a820.9/354 700 $aGreteman$b Blaine$01042524 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453091203321 996 $aThe poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England$92466819 997 $aUNINA