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Lord Rochester in the Restoration World
Matthew Augustine
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Description for Lord Rochester in the Restoration World
hardcover. Essays by leading scholars explore the work, life and times of the notorious libertine poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Editor(s): Augustine, Matthew C.; Zwicker, Steven N. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 564.
John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), the notorious and brilliant libertine poet of King Charles II's court, has long been considered an embodiment of the Restoration era. This interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading scholars focuses new attention on, and brings fresh perspectives to, the writings of Lord Rochester. Particular consideration is given to the political force and social identity of Rochester's work, to the worlds - courtly and theatrical, urban and suburban - from which Rochester's poetry emerged and which it discloses, and not least to the unsettling aesthetic power of Rochester's writing. The singularity of Rochester's voice ... Read more
John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester (1647–1680), the notorious and brilliant libertine poet of King Charles II's court, has long been considered an embodiment of the Restoration era. This interdisciplinary collection of essays by leading scholars focuses new attention on, and brings fresh perspectives to, the writings of Lord Rochester. Particular consideration is given to the political force and social identity of Rochester's work, to the worlds - courtly and theatrical, urban and suburban - from which Rochester's poetry emerged and which it discloses, and not least to the unsettling aesthetic power of Rochester's writing. The singularity of Rochester's voice ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
303
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107064393
SKU
V9781107064393
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Ref
99-18
About Matthew Augustine
Matthew C. Augustine is Lecturer in Late Seventeenth-Century English Literature at the University of St Andrews. Steven N. Zwicker is Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Washington University, St Louis.
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