The poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England / / Blaine Greteman, University of Iowa [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Greteman Blaine
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 820.9/354
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Children in literature; Youth in literature; Children and politics - History - 17th century; Literature and society - England - History - 17th century
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: 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'.
• Sommario/riassunto: As 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: The Poetics & Politics of Youth in Milton's England
• Titolo autorizzato: The poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England
• ISBN: 1-139-89180-4; 1-107-42464-X; 1-107-42263-9; 1-107-42070-9; 1-139-81189-4; 1-107-41691-4; 1-107-41954-9; 1-107-41822-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453091203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II