Restoration Literature An Anthology

Name: Restoration Literature An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780199555192

ISBN-10: 0199555192

ISBN-13: 9780199555192

Edition: N/A

Authors: Paul Hammond, Paul Hammond

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When our great monarch into exile went,Wit and religion suffered banishment...At length the Muses stand restored againTo that great charge which Nature did ordain.In these lines Dryden represents the restoration of the monarchy in 1660 as the restoration, too, of literary culture. If wit had been banished along with the exiled Charles, his return marked a flowering of a rich variety of genres after the turbulent years of the civil war and republic. This anthology brings together a stimulating and entertaining collection of works from this confident and creative period - a literature which is by turns refined, poignant, and brash. Alongside major workssuch as Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel…

Book details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 6/25/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.68" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English