Diane Purkiss illuminates the role of gender in the English Civil War by analysing representations of masculinity in the writings of Milton, Marvell, Waller and Herrick. This study will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century literature as well as...
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Diane Purkiss illuminates the role of gender in the English Civil War by analysing representations of masculinity in the writings of Milton, Marvell, Waller and Herrick. This study will appeal to scholars of seventeenth-century literature as well as those working in intellectual history and the history of gender
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-288) and index
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Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; chapter 1 Dismembering and remembering: the English Civil War and male identity; chapter 2 Republican politics; chapter 3 Opening the king's cabinet; chapter 4 Charles I; chapter 5 Cromwell; chapter 6 Monsters and men; chapter 7 Milton and monsters; chapter 8 Matthew Hopkins and the panic about witches; Conclusion; Notes; Index