Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note On References -- Abbreviations And Frequently Occurring Short Titles -- Introduction -- Sovereignty And Its Contexts -- Background: Tacitism, Neostoicism, Scepticism -- The Cavendish Circle And Hobbes -- The Engagement Controversy -- Methods And Evidence -- 1. Davenant: Imagining Sovereignty In Gondibert -- Davenant In 1649-50 -- Reading The Preface To Gondibert -- Reading Gondibert -- Receptions Of Gondibert -- 2. Marvell: Action And Obedience -- Gallantry And Obedience: The 'horatian Ode' 'the Poet's Time': Marvell And Davenant -- Marvell And Cromwellian Sovereignty -- 3. Cavendish: Ceremony And Coercion -- Cavendish In The Early 1650s -- Political Philosophy In The Worlds Olio -- Political Bodies In Philosophical And Physical Opinions -- 4. Cowley: Oblivion And Obedience -- Forming Cowley's Canon In Cromwellian England -- Pattern And Example In The Pindarique Odes -- The Politics Of The Davideis -- 5. Davenant And The Protectorate: Sovereignty And Civility -- Davenant Before The Protectorate -- Marks Of Sovereignty In Waller's Panegyrick -- Davenant's Revival Of The Theatre Davenant And Lord Broghill -- 6. Restoration: Clemency And Contingency -- Fashioning Sovereignty In Restoration Panegyric -- The Mental World Of Heroic Tragicomedy -- Erecting Sovereignty: The Generall, The Indian Queen, And The Indian Emperour -- Sovereignty And The Fall Of Clarendon: Mustapha, The Duell Of The Stags, And Tryphon -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index Niall Allsopp. Electronic Reproduction. Oxford Available Via World Wide Web.