A History of Seventeenth-Century English Literature

ISBN: 978-0-631-22169-2

Hardcover

480 pages

December 2006, Wiley-Blackwell

< >

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.