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National Reckonings : The Last Judgment and Literature in Milton's England.

Hackenbracht, Ryan.

National Reckonings : The Last Judgment and Literature in Milton's England. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (234 pages)

National Reckonings -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Spelling, References, Abbreviations, and Translations -- Introduction -- 1. Milton and the Faithful Remnant: Locating the Nation in the Early Poetry -- 2. Postponing the Last Judgment: Biblical Sovereignty and Political Messianism in Hobbes's Leviathan -- 3. Turning Swords into Plowshares: Diggers, Ranters, and Radical Eschatologies of Class Revolution -- 4. The Fire and the Scythe: Hermeticism, Husbandry, and Welsh Politics in the Works of Thomas and Henry Vaughan -- 5. The Trial of Charles I and the Redemption of Fallen Community in Milton's Paradise Lost -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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9781501731082


English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism.
Judgment Day in literature.
Eschatology in literature.
Nationalism in literature.
Christianity and politics-England-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

PR438.J83 .H335 2019

820.9/3581

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