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), Harvard University Press.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).

• ForewordForeword to First Edition, 1983 by John CareyPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionFurther Reading1. Abiezer CoppePreface 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)IndexIndex of Biblical References

'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 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), Harvard University Press.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).

• ForewordForeword to First Edition, 1983 by John CareyPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionFurther Reading1. Abiezer CoppePreface 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)IndexIndex of Biblical References

'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 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), Harvard University Press.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).

• ForewordForeword to First Edition, 1983 by John CareyPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroductionFurther Reading1. Abiezer CoppePreface 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)IndexIndex of Biblical References

'As a primer in the strangeness of radical thought during the period, as well as a wildly entertaining (if slightly crazed) read'