Restoration Literature: An AnthologyPaul Hammond OUP Oxford, 25.06.2009 - 480 Seiten When our great monarch into exile went, Wit and religion suffered banishment... At length the Muses stand restored again To 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 works such as Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and Mac Flecknoe, printed in their entirety, is a substantial group of lyrics by Rochester, while Milton's Paradise Lost provides a running commentary on the Restoration scene. Scurrilous satires and pamphlets, diaries, theatrical prologues, translations and striking work by women poets and autobiographers illustrate the period in politics, religion, philosophy and in attitudes to town and country, love and friendship. Anonymous works sit side by side with the great names - Marvell, Wycherley, Margaret Cavendish, Aphra Behn, John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys - while several poems are printed from manuscript sources for the first time, allowing us to hear new voices from a period famous for producing a thoroughly uninhibited literature. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. |
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... play stuffed full of songs and dances ( which have that constraint upon ' em too , that they seldom seem to come in willingly ) ; when in such plays the composer and the dancing - master are the best poets , and yet the unmerciful ...
... play stuffed full of songs and dances ( which have that constraint upon ' em too , that they seldom seem to come in willingly ) ; when in such plays the composer and the dancing - master are the best poets , and yet the unmerciful ...
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... play 1670. It is spoken by Ellen ( ' Nell ' ) Gwyn ( 1642 / 50–1687 ) . She was an orange - seller in the Theatre Royal in 1663 , and joined the King's Company as an actress the following year . She was the mistress of its leading actor ...
... play 1670. It is spoken by Ellen ( ' Nell ' ) Gwyn ( 1642 / 50–1687 ) . She was an orange - seller in the Theatre Royal in 1663 , and joined the King's Company as an actress the following year . She was the mistress of its leading actor ...
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... play , they may not have been written by him . The play was performed by an all - women cast , perhaps as a way of appealing to audiences after the Theatre Royal had been burnt down in January 1672 ( see ll . 25–6 ) . When boys played ...
... play , they may not have been written by him . The play was performed by an all - women cast , perhaps as a way of appealing to audiences after the Theatre Royal had been burnt down in January 1672 ( see ll . 25–6 ) . When boys played ...
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POLITICS AND NATION | 3 |
The Return of Charles II from the Diary | 18 |
From Last Instructions to a Painter | 32 |
Urheberrecht | |
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