The poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England /

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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 Hobb...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greteman, Blaine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Temas:
1600-1699
English literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
Children in literature.
Youth in literature.
Children and politics > History > 17th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Jeunesse dans la littérature.
Enfants et politique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children and politics
Children in literature
English literature
Literature and society
Youth in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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'.

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