Description: The most comprehensive attempt to anthologise the key Ranter writings - bringing together some remarkable, visionary and unforgettable texts.
Brief description:
Nigel Smith is William and Annie S. Paton Foundation Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature at Princeton University. His books include A Collection of Ranter Writings (Pluto, 2014), Andrew Marvell: The Chameleon (2010), and Is Milton better than Shakespeare? (2008).
Review Quotes: 'As a primer in the strangeness of radical thought during the period, as well as a wildly entertaining (if slightly crazed) read''Nigel Smith is to be congratulated for bringing these writings together for the first time in one volume''This splendid edition of Ranter writings covers the whole range of their politics and theology and shows the movement developing over time. Smith preserves the Ranters' highly distinctive spelling and orthography ... A fascinating and exhilarating read''Admirable and lively'