"Like parchment in the fire" : literature and radicalism in the English civil war / / Prasanta Chakravarty

• Autore: Chakravarty Prasanta
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9358
• Soggetto topico: English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism; Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century; Literature and history - Great Britain - History - 17th century; Radicalism in literature
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649 Literature and the war; Great Britain Intellectual life 17th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Radicalism from the Center: The Republican Moments of John Milton; Chapter Two. Natural Law as a Radical Weapon: John Warr, the Levellers and John Locke; Chapter Three. The Universal in the Local: Digger Radicalism Revisited; Chapter Four.Turning the World Upside Down and the Limits of Liberalism: The Delayed Radicalism of the Ranters; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines the literary, religious and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern radical reformers, the issue of radical religion as a negotiating tool and the limits of radical liberal thought.
• Titolo autorizzato: "Like parchment in the fire"
• ISBN: 1-135-51119-5; 1-135-51112-8; 1-281-09458-7; 9786611094584; 0-203-96002-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815431403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Literary criticism and cultural theory.