Restoration Literature: An AnthologyPaul Hammond 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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... blood , What may not Israel hope , and what applause Might such a general gain by such a cause ? Not barren praise alone , that gaudy flower Fair only to the sight , but solid power : And nobler is a limited command Given by the love of ...
... blood , What may not Israel hope , and what applause Might such a general gain by such a cause ? Not barren praise alone , that gaudy flower Fair only to the sight , but solid power : And nobler is a limited command Given by the love of ...
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... blood with a pair of sharp scissors , and so bleed to death : once when the surgeon had let me blood , I went up into a chamber and bolted the door to me , and took off the plaster and tied my arm , and set the vein a - bleeding again ...
... blood with a pair of sharp scissors , and so bleed to death : once when the surgeon had let me blood , I went up into a chamber and bolted the door to me , and took off the plaster and tied my arm , and set the vein a - bleeding again ...
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... blood - red sapient ( 13 ) wise sate ( 22 , 41 , 51 ) sat saturnine ( 39a ) gloomy satyr ( 34 ) in Greek myth a ... blood ( 36 ) God's blood [ an oath ] scanted ( 8 ) inadequately supplied , restricted school ( 72,83 ) university ...
... blood - red sapient ( 13 ) wise sate ( 22 , 41 , 51 ) sat saturnine ( 39a ) gloomy satyr ( 34 ) in Greek myth a ... blood ( 36 ) God's blood [ an oath ] scanted ( 8 ) inadequately supplied , restricted school ( 72,83 ) university ...
Contents
POLITICS AND NATION | 3 |
The Return of Charles II from the Diary | 18 |
From Last Instructions to a Painter | 32 |
Copyright | |
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