The Matter of Revolution : Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton /
Rogers, John
The Matter of Revolution : Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton / John Rogers. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Power of Matter in the English Revolution -- 2. Marvell, Winstanley, and the Natural History of the Green Age -- 3. Marvell and the Action of Virginity -- 4. Chaos, Creation, and the Political Science of Paradise Lost -- 5. Milton and the Mysterious Terms of History -- 6. Margaret Cavendish and the Gendering of the Vitalist Utopia -- Conclusion–Adamant Liberals: The Failure of the Matter of Revolution -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between science and politics in seventeenth-century England. He looks at the cultural intersection between the English and Scientific Revolutions, concentrating on a body of work created in a brief but potent burst of intellectual activity during the period of the Civil Wars, the Interregnum, and the earliest years of the Stuart Restoration. Rogers traces the broad implications of a seemingly outlandish cultural phenomenon: the intellectual imperative to forge an ontological connection between physical motion and political action.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501729829
10.7591/9781501729829 doi
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Literature and science--History--England--17th century.
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--17th century.
England.
History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
PR435 / .R64 1996
820.9/358
The Matter of Revolution : Science, Poetry, and Politics in the Age of Milton / John Rogers. - 1 online resource (280 p.)
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Power of Matter in the English Revolution -- 2. Marvell, Winstanley, and the Natural History of the Green Age -- 3. Marvell and the Action of Virginity -- 4. Chaos, Creation, and the Political Science of Paradise Lost -- 5. Milton and the Mysterious Terms of History -- 6. Margaret Cavendish and the Gendering of the Vitalist Utopia -- Conclusion–Adamant Liberals: The Failure of the Matter of Revolution -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
John Rogers here addresses the literary and ideological consequences of the remarkable, if improbable, alliance between science and politics in seventeenth-century England. He looks at the cultural intersection between the English and Scientific Revolutions, concentrating on a body of work created in a brief but potent burst of intellectual activity during the period of the Civil Wars, the Interregnum, and the earliest years of the Stuart Restoration. Rogers traces the broad implications of a seemingly outlandish cultural phenomenon: the intellectual imperative to forge an ontological connection between physical motion and political action.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501729829
10.7591/9781501729829 doi
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Literature and science--History--England--17th century.
Politics and literature--History--Great Britain--17th century.
England.
History.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
PR435 / .R64 1996
820.9/358