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Dial of Virtue : A Study of Poems on Affairs of State in the 17th Century / Ruth Nevo.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2169Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1963Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691625171
  • 9781400877171
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821.409
LOC classification:
  • PR541
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. "Cities their lutes, and subjects hearts their strings" -- Chapter Two. The "Disfiguring of Sin" -- Chapter Three. "Crownes are for Hero's" -- Chapter Four. "If these the Times, then this must be the Man" -- Chapter Five. "With his own Fasces he shall make him Fires" -- Chapter Six. "An Heroick, and a lawful King . . ." -- Chapter Seven. Iconoclasts and Prophets -- Chapter Eight. "Raillerie a la Mode Considered" -- Chapter Nine. "The Wrong side of the Heros Outward . . ." -- Chapter Ten. "That kingly power, thus ebbing out, might be Drawn to the dregs of a Democracy? -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Mrs. Nevo assesses the entire scope of the "poems on affairs of state," throwing light on the political mind of the age and the evolution of style.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. "Cities their lutes, and subjects hearts their strings" -- Chapter Two. The "Disfiguring of Sin" -- Chapter Three. "Crownes are for Hero's" -- Chapter Four. "If these the Times, then this must be the Man" -- Chapter Five. "With his own Fasces he shall make him Fires" -- Chapter Six. "An Heroick, and a lawful King . . ." -- Chapter Seven. Iconoclasts and Prophets -- Chapter Eight. "Raillerie a la Mode Considered" -- Chapter Nine. "The Wrong side of the Heros Outward . . ." -- Chapter Ten. "That kingly power, thus ebbing out, might be Drawn to the dregs of a Democracy? -- Bibliography -- Index

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Mrs. Nevo assesses the entire scope of the "poems on affairs of state," throwing light on the political mind of the age and the evolution of style.Originally published in 1963.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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