A Collection of Ranter Writings
Spiritual Liberty and Sexual Freedom in the English Revolution
A Collection of Ranter Writings is the most notable attempt to anthologise the key Ranter writings, bringing together some of the most remarkable, visionary and unforgettable texts. The subjects range from the limits to pleasure and divine right, to social justice and collective action.
The Ranters have intrigued and captivated generations of scholars and philosophers. This carefully curated collection will be of great interest to historians, philosophers and all those trying to understand past radical traditions.
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).
John Carey is a British literary critic, and post-retirement emeritus Merton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He contributed the foreword to A Collection of Ranter Writings (Pluto, 2014).
Foreword to First Edition, 1983 by John Carey
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Further Reading
1. Abiezer Coppe
Preface to 'John the Divine's Divinity' (1648)
'Some Sweet Sips, of some Spiritual Wine' (1649)
'An Additional and Preambular Hint' to Richard Coppin's 'Divine Teachings' (1649)
'A Fiery Flying Roll' and 'A Second Fiery Flying Roule' (1649)
Letter from Coppe to Salmon and Wyke (c. April-June 1650)
'Divine Fire-Works' (1657)
2. Laurence Clarkson
'A Single Eye All Light, No Darkness' (1650)
Letter from Clarkson to William Rawlinson (mid-July-Oct 1650)
From 'The Lost Sheep Found' (1660)
3. Joseph Salmon
'A Rout, A Rout' (1649)
Letter from Salmon to Thomas Webbe (3 April 1650)
'Heights in Depths' (1651)
4. Jacob Bauthumley
'The Light and Dark Sides of God' (1650)
Index
Index of Biblical References
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