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  • THE EMERGENCE OF QUAKER WRITING
    THOMAS N. CORNS
    Among the radical sects which flourished during the tumultuous years of the English Revolution, the early Quakers were particularly aware of the power of the written word to promote their prophetic visions?and unorthodox beliefs.This collection of new essays by literary scholars and historians looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric,...

    $960.00

  • REGAINING PARADISE LOST
    THOMAS N. CORNS
    Paradise Lost is not merely the masterpiece of John Milton (1608-74) but a turning point in style and form, which had a profound influence on the poetry of the following century. Divided into two parts, this major survey begins by discussing the revolutionary characteristics of Paradise Lost in the context of contemporary literary norms and examines the theological, psychologic...

    $860.00

  • TELLING PEOPLE WHAT TO THINK
    CORNS, THOMAS / DOWNIE, J.A.
    This collection of essays displays a number of different approaches to the most significant early eighteenth-century periodicals. The range is considerable: the critique of ideology and polemical strategy, the political history of the press, the rhetoric of the genre, and the material circumstances of periodical production all find a place. The periodical profoundly shaped the ...

    $1,340.00

  • A HISTORY OF SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH LITERATURE
    THOMAS N. CORNS
    A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690. Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series. Locates seventeenth-century English literature in its social and cultural contexts. Considers ...

    $1,624.00