The Penguin Book of Restoration Verse: Revised Edition (Penguin Classics S.) - Softcover

Love, Harold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140424075 ISBN 13: 9780140424072

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

The decades between 1660 and 1700 were a time of vigorous questioning, momentous political experiment, and exhilarating change in England. This comprehensive volume of Restoration poetry is organized by themes ranging from libertines to moralists and visionaries, from poems of love to poems honoring the dead. There are translations of the classics as well as works that were considered shockingly indecent. Writings by such well-known poets as Milton, Dryden, Marvell, and Aphra Behn are included, along with selections by less familiar authors. This anthology reflects recent developments in Restoration scholarship and features many works by women poets, as well as much verse from the subversive scribal tradition. Biographical notes on each poet are also included.

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Reseña del editor:

This volume is arranged by theme and selects from the best poetry written between 1660-1700, decades of monumentous political experiment in England.

Biografía del autor:

HAROLD LOVE holds a personal chair in English at Monash University, Melbourne. He has published widely on seventeenth-century English literature and on the history of the performing arts in Australia. He edited the Penguin edition of Restoration Verse (1968) and is preparing a new scholarly edition of Rochester.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140424075
• ISBN 13: 9780140424072
• Einband: Libro de bolsillo
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368