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Author:

Greteman, Blaine, author.

Title:

The poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England / Blaine Greteman, University of Iowa.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

xi, 252 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

English literature--17th century--History and criticism.
Children in literature.
Youth in literature.
Children and politics--History--17th century.
Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Childish things -- Coming of age on stage: Jonson's epicoene and the politics of childhood in early Stuart England -- Children, literature, and the problem of consent -- Contract's children: Thomas Hobbes and the culture of subjection -- 'Perplex't paths': youth and authority in Milton's early work -- 'Children of reviving libertie': the radical politics of Milton's pedagogy -- 'Youthful beauty': infancy and adulthood among the angels of Paradise Lost -- Children of paradise -- Epilogue: 'Children gathering pebbles on the shore'.

ISBN:

1107038081 (hardback)
9781107038080 (hardback)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)834961445

LCCN:

2013008594

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)