Restoration Verse, The Penguin Book of (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140424075 ISBN 13: 9780140424072

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Harold Love holds a chair in English at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and has written extensively on seventeenth-century English literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140424075
• ISBN 13: 9780140424072
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Love Harold