Holstun Pamphlet Wars: Prose in the English Revolution

The English Revolution of 1642-60 produced an explosion of stylistically and ideologically diverse pamphlet literature. The essays collected here focus on the prose of this new revolutionary era, and the new public sphere it helped to create.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 230 pages

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