Hammond, Paul
Restoration Literature
Oxford University Press / Trade Book / 2006 / 0192833316 / 9780192833310 / 480 Paperback/ 196x129
This anthology brings together a variety of literature from the period 1660 to 1700, illustrating politics and nation, theatre, town and country, love and friendship, and religion and philosophy. It includes Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and Mac Flecknoe in their entirety and a substantial group of lyrics by Rochester, as well as work by diarists, satirists, dramatists, poets and autobiographers.