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The Seventeenth Century Graham Parry

The Seventeenth Century By Graham Parry

The Seventeenth Century by Graham Parry


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An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students.

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The Seventeenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1603-1700 by Graham Parry

The seventeenth century was a period of immense turmoil. This book explores the methods by which a distinctive iconography was created for each Stuart king, describes the cultural life of the Civil War period and the Cromwellian Protectorate, and analyses the impact of the antiquarian movement which constructed a new sense of national identity. Through this detailed and fascinating discussion of seventeenth-century society, Graham Parry provides a clear insight into the many forces operating on the literature of the period.

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...utterly absorbing...The author's range and depth of knowledge is everywhere apparent, and the book is so well written that it would be difficult not to share some of his fascination with and love of the subject. Review of English Studies

About Graham Parry

Graham Parry is Professor of English and Related Literature at the University of York, UK.

Table of Contents

Part 1: the character of Jacobean kingship, 1603-25
The iconography of Charles I, 1625-49.
The arts in Stuart England.
Biography - Sir Henry Wotton, Lady Anne Clifford.
Cultural life during the Civil Wars and the Commonwealth, 1642-5.
The Restoration ethos, 1660-88.
Biography - John Evelyn.

Part 2: the scientific milieu
Biography - Sir Kenelm Digby.
Antiquarianism - the relevance of the past.
Varieties of religious experience.
Biography - Sir Thomas Browne, Richard Baxter.
Political theory.
Postscript.
Chronology.

General bibliographies: cultural and intellectual history, religion, politics and political thought, the scientific movement, art and architecture, music, social history.
Individual authors
Notes on biography, major works and criticism
Index

Additional information

GOR003226291
9780582493766
0582493765
The Seventeenth Century: The Intellectual and Cultural Context of English Literature, 1603-1700 by Graham Parry
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19890328
304
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