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

Author/creator Greteman, Blaine
Format Book
PublicationNew York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Descriptionxi, 252 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
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.

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'.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013008594
ISBN9781107038080 (hardback)
ISBN1107038081 (hardback)

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Joyner General Stacks PR438 .C55 G74 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold