Milton and Republicanism

by Edited by David Armitage , Armand Himy , Quentin Skinner

• ISBN13: 9780521551786
• ISBN10: 0521551781
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-01-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume draws on the expertise of both historians and literary critics to examine the classical sources of Milton's republicanism, the genesis of that republicanism in the 1640s, its disappointment in the 1650s and its presence in his work (particularly in Paradise Lost) after the Restoration. Milton's prose works and his poetry are given equal coverage, making this the first collaborative volume to attempt a comprehensive thematic assessment of his political and literary career.

Table of Contents

Preface

Part 1. Defining Milton's Republicanism: 1. Milton's classical republicanism Martin Dzelzainis

2. Milton and the characteristics of a free commonwealth Thomas N. Corns

3. Great senates and godly education: politics and cultural renewal in some pre- and post-revolutionary texts of Milton Cedric C. Brown

Part II. Milton and Republican Literary Strategy: 4. Biblical reference in the political pamphlets of the Levellers and Milton, 1638-1654 Elizabeth Tuttle

5. The metaphorical contract in Milton's Tenure of Kings and Magistrates Victoria Kahn

6. Milton, Satan, Salmasius and Abdiel Roger Lejosne

7. Paradise Lost as a republican 'tractatus theologico-politicus' Armand Himy

Part III. Milton and the Republican Experience: 8. Popular republicanism in the 1650s: John Streater's 'heroick mechanicks' Nigel Smith

9. Milton and Marchamont Nedham Blair Worden

10. Milton and the protectorate in 1658 Martin Dzelzainis

11. John Milton: poet against Empire David Armitage

Part IV. Milton and the Republican Tradition: 12. The Whig Milton, 1667-1700 Nicholas von Maltzahn

13. Borrowed language: Milton, Jefferson, Mirabeau Tony Davies.