The Matter of Revolution : : Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton / / John Rogers.

John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between science and politics in seventeenth-century England. He looks at the cultural intersection between the English and Scientific Revolutions, concentrating on a body of work created i...

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1998
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Power of Matter in the English Revolution
  • 2. Marvell, Winstanley, and the Natural History of the Green Age
  • 3. Marvell and the Action of Virginity
  • 4. Chaos, Creation, and the Political Science of Paradise Lost
  • 5. Milton and the Mysterious Terms of History
  • 6. Margaret Cavendish and the Gendering of the Vitalist Utopia
  • Conclusion–Adamant Liberals: The Failure of the Matter of Revolution
  • Bibliography
  • Index