English Poetry - 17th Century - Literary Criticism, English Drama - 16th-17th Century - Elizabethan & Jacobean Eras - Shakespeare - Literary Criticism, English Fiction & Prose Literature - 16th-17th Century - Literary Criticism, 17th Century British Histo

England's Time of Crisis

Name: England's Time of Crisis
Author: David Morse
ISBN: 9780312024130

by Morse, David

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Overview

England, from Elizabeth I to Charles I, was a divided and perpetually anxious society that had to face up to external invasion in the Spanish Armada, to the threat of internal subversion in the gunpowder plot, and ultimately to the desperate prospect of Civil War. The growth of London as a center of entertainment and pleasure led the English to believe that the world was heading for it's last days. This book shows how persuasive this pessimistic mood was and how powerfully it affected English writing from Shakespeare to Milton.