目次
INTRODUCTION(Labour and Literature in Restoration England;Mapping the Scholarly Terrain ほか)
1 “OF DIRE NECESSITY”:THE METAPHORS OF STATE IN SAMSON AGONISTES(Samson as Political Theory;Cain or the Violent Origin of Law ほか)
2 AESTHETICS AND THE PROBLEM OF LABOUR IN SAMSON AGONISTES(Labour and Aesthetics after the Restoration;To Dress or to Till?The Cause of the Earth in Restoration Polemics,1667‐1677 ほか)
3 FROM Homo Economicus TO Optimus Homo:SAMSON’S POETICS OF THE CORPSE(Labour as Persona;A Poetics of the Corpse ほか)
4 LABOUR AND UTOPIA(The Maritime Death of Natural Language;Milton’s Reply to the Machiavellian Moment ほか)