 | Samson’s Cords: Imposing Oaths in Milton, Marvell, and Butler Subjects: English literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism; Milton John 1608–1674 -- Criticism and interpretation; Marvell Andrew 1621–1678 -- Criticism and interpretation; Butler Samuel 1612–1680 -- Criticism and interpretation; Oaths in literatur; Samson's Cords examines the radically different responses of John Milton, Andrew Marvell, and Samuel Butler to the existential crises caused by an explosion of loyalty oaths in Britain before and after 1660. Garganigo Alex : Alex Garganigo is an associate professor in the Department of English at Austin College. |
