Milton and RepublicanismDavid Armitage, Armand Himy, Quentin Skinner This volume draws upon the expertise of both historians and literary critics to examine the classical sources of Milton's republicanism, the genesis of that republicanism in the 1640s, its disappointment in the 1650s and its presence in his work (particularly in Paradise Lost) after the Restoration. Milton's prose works and his poetry are given equal coverage, making this the first collaborative volume to attempt a comprehensive thematic assessment of his political and literary career. |
Contents
Miltons classical republicanism | 3 |
Milton and the characteristics of a free commonwealth | 25 |
Great senates and godly education politics and cultural renewal in some pre and postrevolutionary texts of Milton | 43 |
Milton and republican literary strategy | 61 |
Biblical reference in the political pamphlets of the Levellers and Milton 16381654 | 63 |
The metaphorical contract in Miltons Tenure of Kings and Magistrates | 82 |
Milton Satan Salmasius and Abdiel | 106 |
Paradise Lost as a republican tractatus theologicopoliticus | 118 |
Popular republicanism in the 1650s John Streaters heroick mechanicks | 137 |
Milton and Marchamont Nedham | 156 |
Milton and the Protectorate in 1658 | 181 |
John Milton poet against empire | 206 |
Milton and the republican tradition | 227 |
The Whig Milton 16671700 | 229 |
Borrowed language Milton Jefferson Mirabeau | 254 |
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