| Literature and Utopian Politics in Seventeenth-Century England Contributor(s): Appelbaum, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521810825 ISBN-13: 9780521810821 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $79.79 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820 |
| Lexile Measure: 1630 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 270 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Appelbaum surveys literature from 1603 to the 1660s and shows how its ideal politics were engaged in the reality of political and social struggle. He also shows how self-defeating the exercise could be. In an era of political and religious conflict, writers asserted themselves as the authors of social and political ideals. But they also constructed systems in which the assertion of utopian mastery would have no place, and an ideal politics could no longer be imagined. This study will interest political and cultural historians as well as literary critics. |