Title: Secular Chains
Description: 'Secular Chains' uses close readings of the work of a range of canonical poets to re-evaluate the relationship between English literary culture and the political challenges to religious authority that emerged in the wake of the civil wars, and which culminated in the intellectual ferment of the early Enlightenment.
Subjects: Politics and literature, Religion and literature, English poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, English poetry, history and criticism, 18th century, History, English poetry, History and criticism