Milton and the revolutionary reader
Auteur :
Achinstein, Sharon
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691604572
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
408 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The English Revolution was a revolution in reading, with over 22,000 pamphlets exploding from the presses between 1640 and 1661. What this phenomenon meant to the political life of the nation is the subject of Sharon Achinsteins book. Considering a wide range of writers, from John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, John Lilburne, John Cleveland, and William Pr