Robertson, Randy.

Censorship and Conflict in Seventeenth-Century England : The Subtle Art of Division. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (290 pages) - Penn State Series in the History of the Book Series . - Penn State Series in the History of the Book Series .

Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Consider What May Come of It'': Prynne's Play and Charles's Stately Theater -- Lovelace and the ''Barbed Censurers'' -- Free Speech, Fallibility, and the Public Sphere: Milton Among the Skeptics -- The Delicate Arts of Anonymity and Attribution -- The Battle of the Books: Swift's Leviathan and the End of Licensing -- Conclusion: Dividing Lines-1689, 1695, and Afterward -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism.
Politics and literature-Great Britain-History-17th century.
Censorship-England-History-17th century.


Electronic books.

Z658.G7R63 2009

363.310942/09032