Constructing Cromwell

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"Constructing Cromwell traces the complex and shifting popular images of Oliver Cromwell from his first appearance as a public figure in the mid-1640s through the period of his power to his death and eventual disinterment after the restoration of the monarchy. The meaning and impact of this enigmatic figure have long been debated in the context of mid-seventeenth-century crisis, but contemporary representations of Cromwell have largely been neglected. Cromwellian print, Laura Knoppers argues, transformed the courtly forms of Caroline ceremony, portraiture, and panegyric and in turn complicated and altered the cultural forms available to Charles II. The book draws on extensive archival research, including manuscript sources, startling print ephemera, and visual artifacts. Placing canonical authors such as Milton, Marvell, Waller, and Dryden alongside such neglected writers as George Wither and Payne Fisher, Knoppers demonstrates how literary texts both respond and contribute to political and cultural change."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Death and burial,  English Political satire,  English literature,  Heads of state,  Historiography,  History,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Political satire, English,  Portraits,  Public opinion,  Puritans,  Rites and ceremonies,  Cromwell, oliver, 1599-1658,  English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700,  Public opinion, great britain,  Political satire, history and criticism,  Great britain, history, restoration, 1660-1688,  Death

People: Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)

Places: Great Britain

Times: 17th century,  Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660,  Early modern, 1500-1700,  Restoration, 1660-1688