Bøker av Graham Parry

First published in 1985, Seventeenth-Century Poetry considers the way the poetry of the major seventeenth-century writers functioned in a social context. In emphasising the historical and social context, the author provides students with a fresh and illuminating perspective on their work.

Essays on Milton's developing ideas on liberty, and his republicanism, as expressed in his writings over his lifetime.

An examination both of the arts as an expression of cultural attitudes, emphasizing court culture as a focal point and source of patronage, and also of developments in science, religion and political theory. It is suitable for upper school, undergraduate and Open University students.