Type
Article
Abstract
Recent work on Waller’s Panegyrick to my Lord Protector has focused on its e¡ort to dress Cromwell in Augustan garb to translate his power into authority over a quiescent populace. Drawing on recently discovered evidence about the poem’s composition, about Waller’s reading of Machiavelli, and about his association with a fellow Buckinghamshire gentleman and MP, Sir William Drake (a figure known to have been influenced by Machiavelli), this article suggests that Augustan rhetoric forms only one strand in a discursive tapestry dominated by a Machiavellian argument for England’s imperial expansion.
Language
English
Department(s)
English
Journal or Book Title
Review of English Studies
Publication Year
2005
DOI
10.1093/res/hgi057
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Rights Management
Carleton College does not own the copyright to this work and the work is available through the Carleton College Library following the original publisher policies regarding self-archiving. For more information on the copyright status of this work, refer to the current copyright holder.
RoMEO Color
Yellow
Preprint Archiving
Yes
Postprint Archiving
Yes (24 month embargo)
Publisher PDF Archiving
Unknown
Paid OA Option
Yes
Contributing Organization
Carleton College
Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Raylor, Timothy. "Waller's Machiavellian Cromwell: The Imperial Argument of A Panegyrick to my Lord Protector." Review of English Studies 56.235 (2005): 386-411. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgi057. Accessed via Faculty Work. English. Carleton Digital Commons. https://digitalcommons.carleton.edu/engl_faculty/1
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgi057
