| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 213 pages) |
| Contents |
Milton and the faithful remnant : locating the nation in the early poetry -- Postponing the Last Judgment : biblical sovereignty and political messianism in Hobbes's Leviathan -- Turning swords into plowshares : Diggers, Ranters, and radical eschatologies of class revolution -- The fire and the scythe : hermeticism, husbandry, and Welsh politics in the works of Thomas and Henry Vaughan -- The trial of Charles I and the redemption of fallen community in Milton's Paradise lost |
| Summary |
"Shows how Milton, Hobbes, and other seventeenth-century English writers used expectation of the world's end to invent new and radical ideas of the nation"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 01, 2019) |
| Subject |
Christianity and politics -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Eschatology in literature.
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Judgment Day in literature.
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Nationalism in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018047137 |
| ISBN |
1501731084 (electronic book) |
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1501731092 (electronic book) |
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9781501731082 (electronic book) |
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9781501731099 (electronic book) |
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