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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"John Milton lived at a time when English nationalism became entangled with principles and policies of cultural, religious, and ethnic tolerance. Combining political theory with close readings of key texts, this study examines how Milton's polemical and imaginative prose intersects with representations of English Protestant nationhood. Through detailed case studies of Milton's works, Elizabeth Sauer charts the fluctuating narrative of Milton's literary engagements in relation to social, political, and philosophical themes such as ecclesiology, exclusionism, Irish alterity, natural law, disestablishment, geography, and intermarriage. In so doing, Sauer shows the extent to which nationhood and toleration can be subjected to literary and historicist inquiry. Her study makes a salient contribution to Milton studies and to scholarship on Early Modern literature and the development of the early nation-state"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction -- 1. 'Temple-worke': Milton's Literary ecclesiology -- 2. Reduction: civilizing conquests in Ireland -- 3. Natural law: Milton's post-revolutionary Defences of England -- 4. Disestablishment: divorce of church and state -- 5. Geography: spatial poetics -- 6. Exogamy: 'entercourse' with philistines -- Epilogue. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Political and social views.
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Milton, John, 1608-1674. |
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Political and social views. |
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Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Politics and literature. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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17th century |
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Nationalism -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Nationalism. |
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England. |
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Nationalism in literature.
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Nationalism in literature. |
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Nationalism and literature.
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Nationalism and literature. |
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714.
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Politics and government. |
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1603-1714 |
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1600-1714 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Sauer, Elizabeth, 1964- Milton, toleration, and nationhood 9781107041943 (DLC) 2013023410 (OCoLC)847601692 |
| ISBN |
9781461953623 (electronic book) |
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1461953626 (electronic book) |
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9781107323599 (electronic book) |
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1107323592 (electronic book) |
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9781107041943 |
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1107041945 |
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9781107615199 |
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1107615194 |
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