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Rewriting Cromwell: Milton, Marvell, and negative liberty in the English Revolution.(Oliver Cromwell, John Milton, Andrew Marvell,)(Critical essay)

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From: CLIO
Date: 20070622
Author:Martin, Catherine Gimelli

One of the oldest unsolved problems of literary and revolutionary history is defining the subtle but undeniable gap between John Milton's and Andrew Marvell's politics. Earlier generations of critics resolved this problem tautologically by ascribing it to differences of temperament rather than conviction, a tactic that overlooks the close connection between personality and personal belief. This approach was encouraged by the corollary assumption that both poet-politicians were inspired mainly by religious rather than secular conceptions of liberty. Although Milton may have been ...

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