Between Spenser and Swift : English Writing in Seventeenth-century Ireland (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. Rebels, Subjects, Citizens: 1. Between soldier and settler: the English parliamentary writing of Ireland; 2. Writing the Irish subject, 1633?41; 3. An Aphorismical Discovery of Treasonable Faction: the search for citizenship, 1642?52; Coda: Hannibal in Capua; Part II. 'Relating the Truth of Things Past': 4. Staging resolution: restoration, romance and the Dublin theatre; 5. History, romance and the writings of Richard Bellings; 6. 'The paper warre you must expect to be assaulted with': English histories of Ireland, 1660?89; Conclusion: from Spenser to Swift.