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.