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Censorship and conflict in seventeenth-century England : the subtle art of division /
"Examines censorship in seventeenth-century England. Focuses on authors whose concerns and commitments were equally political and aesthetic, including William Prynne, Richard Lovelace, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, and Jonathan Swift. Analyzes both the mechanics of early modern cens...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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University Park, Pa. :
Pennsylvania State University Press,
©2009.
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| Series: | Penn State series in the history of the book.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 ''Consider What May Come of It'': Prynne's Play and Charles's Stately Theater
- 2 Lovelace and the ''Barbed Censurers''
- 3 Free Speech, Fallibility, and the Public Sphere: Milton Among the Skeptics
- 4 The Delicate Arts of Anonymity and Attribution
- 5 The Battle of the Books: Swift's Leviathan and the End of Licensing
- Conclusion: Dividing Lines
- 1689, 1695, and Afterward
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index