Imagination and politics in seventeenth-century England

Description:

"Todd Butler here proposes a new epistemology of early modern politics, one that sees - as did writers of the period - human thought as a precursor to political action. By focusing not on reason or the will but on the imagination, Butler uncovers a political culture in seventeenth-century England that is far more shifting and multi-polar than has been previously recognized. Pursuing the connection between individual thought and corporate political action, he also charts the existence of a discourse that grounds modern scholarly interests in the representational nature of early modern politics - its images, rituals and entertainment - within a language early moderns themselves used."--Jacket.

subjects: English Masques,  English literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Imagination,  Intellectual life,  Masques, English,  Political science,  Politics and government,  Politics and literature,  Great britain, politics and government,  Thought and thinking,  Great britain, history, stuarts, 1603-1714,  Politique et littérature,  Histoire,  Masques anglais (Spectacles),  Histoire et critique,  Politique et gouvernement,  Vie intellectuelle,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Early modern

People: Francis Bacon (1561-1626),  John Milton (1608-1674),  Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)

Places: England,  Great Britain

Times: 1603-1714,  17th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700