1st Edition
Adam in Seventeenth Century Political Writing in England and New England
By Julia Ipgrave
Copyright 2017
224 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
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Routledge
238 Pages
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Routledge
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Designed to contribute to a greater understanding of the religious foundations of seventeenth century political writing, this study offers a detailed exploration of the significance of the figure and story of Adam at that time. The book investigates seventeenth-century writings from England and New England-examining writings by Roger Williams and John Eliot, Gerrard Winstanley, John Milton, and... Read more
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: ‘First the Original’
Chapter 1: Material, Method and Occasion
Chapter 2: Conversations about Adam
Chapter 3: Roger Williams and John Eliot’s Indian writings and the Story of Adam
Chapter 4: Gerrard Winstanley and Adam for Millennium and Commonwealth
Chapter 5: John Milton’s Adam and the English Nation
Chapter 6: John Locke, Adam and the Original of Power
Chapter 7: Eliot, Williams, Winstanley, Milton and Locke: Man’s State and Ongoing Story
Bibliography
Biography
Julia Ipgrave is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Humanities at the University of Roehampton, UK.
