Article Title
Waller's Machiavellian Cromwell: The Imperial Argument of A Panegyrick to my Lord Protector
Department
English
Journal Title
Review of English Studies
Publication Date
2005
First Page
386
Last Page
411
Publisher
Oxford University Press
File Name
062_Raylor-Timothy_WallersMachiavellianCromwell.pdf
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.
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RoMEO Color
Yellow
Preprint Archiving
Yes
Postprint Archiving
Yes (24 month embargo)
Publisher PDF Archiving
Unknown
Paid OA Option
Yes
Contributing Organization
Carleton College
Type
Article
Format
application/pdf
Language
English
DOI
10.1093/res/hgi057
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
