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A history of seventeenth-century English literature

A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. * An energetic and provocative history of English literature from 1603-1690. * Part of the major Blackwell History of English Literature series.
Print Book, English, 2014
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Wiley Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex, 2014
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 463 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781118652527, 9780631221692, 1118652525, 0631221697
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The last years of Elizabeth I : before March 1603
From the accession of James I to the defenestration of Prague : March 1603 to May 1618
From the defenestration of Prague to the personal rule : May 1618 to March 1629
The literature of personal rule : March 1629 to April 1640
From the short parliament to the Restoration : April 1640 to May 1660
The literature of the rule of Charles II : May 1660 to February 1685
From the accession of James II : after February 1685