N. Zwicker (ed.)

The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650 1740

Herausgeber: Steven N., Zwicker; Zwicker, Steven N.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Newly commissioned essays make use of current critical perspectives in order to offer new insight into the literature of Restoration and early 18th-century England in all its variety, from vitriolic satire to heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, comprehending the period with a fresh perspective. 5 photos.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780521564885
• ISBN-10: 0521564883
• Artikelnr.: 22003700

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
List of contributors
Preface
Chronologies
Part I. Contexts and Modes: 1. England 1649-1750: differences contained? John Spurr
2. Satire, lampoon, libel, slander Michael Seidel
3. Gender, literature, and gendering literature in the Restoration Margaret A. Doody
4. Theatrical culture I: politics and theatre Jessica Munns
5. Theatrical culture II: theatre and music James A. Winn
6. Lyric forms Joshua Scodel
7. Classical texts: translations and transformations Paul Hammond
Part II. Writers: 8. 'This Islands watchful Centinel': anti-Catholicism and proto-Whiggery in Milton and Marvell Cedric C. Brown
9. John Dryden Steven N. Zwicker
10. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester Ros Ballaster
11. The authorial ciphers of Aphra Behn Margaret Ferguson
12. Swift, Defoe, and narrative forms John Mullan
13. Mary Astell and John Locke Patricia Springborg
14. Alexander Pope, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and the literature of social comment Donna Landry
Index.