Nevo, Ruth,

The dial of virtue : a study of poems on affairs of state in the seventeenth century / Study of poems on affairs of state in the seventeenth century Study of poems on affairs of state in the 17th century by Ruth Nevo. - 1 online resource - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ""Fortis Achilles and the Pius Aeneas""; God in the Person of Caesar; The Panegyric as a Species of Heroic Poetry-""Sacred to Princes, and to Heros""; The High Seriousness of Denham and Cowley; The Paper War; ""Indignation Visag'd Like a Lion""; Ridicule and Invective; ""A Plague O'Both Your Houses""; ""A Stake Amongst the Rabble""; An Early Mixed Style; The Problem of Cromwell; Providence and the Personal Heresy; Milton's Defense of the People of England; History as Process; Marvell's Horatian Ode; The First Anniversary-A Republican Manifesto Waller's Panegyric-The Persistence of Conservative AtitudesCowley's Skepticism; Retreat to Liberty; The Dethroning of the Hero; Protector in the Royalist Image; The Unanimity of Restoration Panegyric; The Baroque Heroic; The Reaction; Counterstatement; Marvell's Last Instructions-A Bid for Epic; The Visionary Britannia and the Satanic Jesuit; Burlesque Wit; The Exposure of Irrationality; Decorum-From the Criterion of Rank to the Criterion of Reason; Dogma and Irony; Railing and Raillery in the Discourse Concerning Satire; Hudibras; Experiments in Mock-Heroic; Mac Flecknoe The Use of Drama and the Use of ScriptureThe Two Ancient Worlds; The Struggle for Power

9781400877171 1400877172

22573/ctt182gznr JSTOR


1500-1700


English poetry--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Political poetry, English--History and criticism.
Politics in literature.
POETRY--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM--General.
English poetry--Early modern.
Intellectual life.
Political poetry, English.
Politics in literature.


Great Britain--Intellectual life--17th century.
Great Britain.


Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

PR541

821.409