Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

The Levellers | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Arblaster, Anthony. "Revolution, the Levellers, and C. B. Macpherson." In 1642: Literature and Power in the Seventeenth Century, edited by Francis Barker, Jay Bernstein, John Coombes, et al., pp. 220-37. Proceedings of the Essex Conference on the Sociology of Literature, July 1980, University of Essex, 1981.

Criticizes C. B. Macpherson's 1962 assessment of the Levellers as a "less radical and less democratic" organization than was previously believed.

Aylmer, G. E., ed. The Levellers in the English Revolution. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1975, 180 p.

Provides an overview of the Levellers' role in the political turmoil of the English Revolution. The source also reprints selected tracts and petitions written by Leveller leaders.

Carlin, Norah. "Leveller Organization in London." The Historical Journa, Vol. 27, No. 4, 1984, pp. 955-60.

Explores the view held by some commentators and...

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