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The Early Seventeenth Century

Restoration and Eighteenth Century
 
 
 

Hope College 
Lit to 1775 Resource Page
English 270
Prof. Curtis Gruenler
Fall 2002
 

Katie Klein & Shannon Chiesa

The Revolutionary Era 
 
For God and Parliament by Chris Collingwood

The Revolutionary Era took place from 1640-60.

dispute centered around 3 important questions:
 What kind of church government is laid down in Scripture and should therefore be settled in England?
 What should be the relation between church and state?
 What is the ulimate source of political power?

Important authors during this period - Thomas Carew, Thomas Browne, Milton, Edmund Waller, Robert Herrick, Henry Vaughan, Thomas Hobbes, Andrew Marvell, and Katherine Phillips

 Revolutionary Links

 Wikipedia - English Civil War

 British History

 Andrew Marvell Links

 Luminarium

 Andrew Marvell

 Katherine Philips Links
 Katherine Philips 1632-1664 was "the best-known woman poet of her own and the next generation" (Norton) Collected Poems was published in 1667 - 3 years after her death

 Representative Poetry On-line

 Katherine Philips - Biographical Introduction

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