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Samson's Cords examines the radically different responses of John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Samuel Butler to the existential crises caused by an explosion of loyalty oaths in Britain before and after 1660.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Samsonâs Cords in Restoration England
- 1. Conjuring Oaths and Identities in Hudibras
- 2. Testing the Tests in The Rehearsal Transprosâd
- 3. An Horatian Oath: The Horatian Ode, Secularism, and Toleration
- 4. Samsonâs Cords: Imposing Oaths in Eikonoklastes and Samson Agonistes
- 5. Paradise Lost I: Godâs Swearing by Himself: Miltonâs Troubling Coronation Oath
- 6. Paradise Lost II: Of Apples, Oaths, and Women
- Appendix: A Proposal for Emending One of Marvellâs Letters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index