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A History of Seventeenth-Century English Literature
ISBN: 978-1-4051-7255-4
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480 pages
April 2008, Wiley-Blackwell
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A History of Seventeenth-century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690.

* An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690.

* Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series.

* Locates seventeenth-century English literature in its social and cultural contexts.

* Considers the physical conditions of literary production and consumption.

* Looks at the complex political, religious, cultural and social pressures on seventeenth-century writers.

* Features close critical engagement with major authors and texts.

* Thomas Corns is a major international authority on Milton, the Caroline Court, and the political literature of the English Civil War and the Interregnum.