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England’s Time of Crisis: From Shakespeare to Milton

A Cultural History

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  • © 1989

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Authors:
  1. David Morse

    1. University of Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Part One

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. England’s Time of Crisis

      • David Morse
      Pages 3-6

    3. This Luckless Kingdom

      • David Morse
      Pages 7-24

    4. The Corrupted Church

      • David Morse
      Pages 25-36

    5. London: the Corrupted City

      • David Morse
      Pages 37-52

    6. The Corrupted Court

      • David Morse
      Pages 53-77

    7. The Corrupted World

      • David Morse
      Pages 78-102

    8. A Great Hazard: the Coming of Civil War

      • David Morse
      Pages 103-125

  3. Part Two

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Shakespeare and the Crisis of Authority

      • David Morse
      Pages 129-191

    3. Counterfeit Representations: Tragedy at the Stuart Court

      • David Morse
      Pages 192-255

    4. The Private World of Donne, Burton and Browne

      • David Morse
      Pages 256-318

    5. The Public World of Clarendon, Hobbes and Milton

      • David Morse
      Pages 319-376

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 377-391
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Many events of the divided society from Elizabeth I to Charles I were taken as an unmistakable sign that the world was entering its last days. This text shows how pervasive was this pessimistic mood and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton.

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  • University of Sussex, UK

    David Morse

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