Ehud's dagger : class struggle in the English Revolution / James Holstun.

Author/creator Holstun, James
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Verso, 2000.
Descriptionxix, 460 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700. --History and criticism.
English literature--Puritan authors. --History and criticism.
Literature and society--England. --History. --17th century.
Revolutionary literature, English--History and criticism.
Social conflict--England. --History. --17th century.
Social classes--England. --History. --17th century.
Social conflict in literature.
Social classes in literature.
Great Britain--History. --Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660. --Literature and the revolution.
Great Britain--History. --Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660.

Contents Cornet Joyce's commission -- Historical revisionism and the perils of chronism -- Foucault, the new historicism, and the base curiosity of the Plebs -- Class struggle and the English revolution -- The deference of John Felton -- New model Soviets: the agitators and martial praxis -- The public spiritedness of Anna Trapnel -- Forlorn hope: Edward Sexby and the republic -- The digger's hortus inconclusus.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00042866
ISBN185984782X (cloth)