The mercurian monarch : magical politics from Spenser to Pope / Douglas Brooks-Davies
1983, First Edition. Dover, N.H. : Manchester University Press. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #464341
ISBN: 0719009545
Physical description; viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects; Pope, Alexander 1688-1744. Rape of the lock. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. Political poetry, English History and criticism. Kings and rulers in literature. Hermetism in literature. Magic in literature. Occultism in literature. Politics in literature. Mercury (Roman deity) In literature. Spenser, Edmund 1552?-1599. Faerie queene. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Jonson, Ben 1573-1637. Dryden, John 1631-1700.
Price: €14.95