Politics and literature in the eighteenth century
The English Revolution was a revolution in reading, with over 22,000 pamphlets exploding from the presses between 1640 and 1661. What this phenomenon meant to the political life of the nation is the subject of Sharon Achinstein's book. Considering a wide range of writers, from J…
"Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes: a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating episod…
"Acclaimed writer and historian Noel Malcolm presents his sensational discovery of a new work by Thomas Hobbes: a propaganda pamphlet on behalf of the Habsburg side in the Thirty Years' War, translated by Hobbes from a Latin original. Malcolm's book explores a fascinating episod…
Peacey covers the political and polemical literature of the English Civil Wars and interregnum. The text demonstrates that works can be understood by examining the political context in which they were written and also outlines the political forces which operated on the world of …
"In Politicians and Pamphleteers, Dr. Peacey highlights the different dynamics at work in the conception, publication and distribution of polemical works, pulling together diverse strands to be studied within the wider political context. In so doing be explores the relationship …