The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650–1740Steven N. Zwicker This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political allegories of this age, in the vitriol and bristling topicality of its satires as well as in the imaginative flight of its mock epics, fictions, and heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and select bibliographies will guide the reader through texts and events, while the fourteen essays commissioned for this Companion will allow us to read the period anew. |
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... John Aubrey 1626–1697 Sir Robert Howard 1626–1698 Robert Boyle 1627–1691 John Bunyan 1628–1688 William Temple 1628–1699 George Villiers,Duke ofBuckingham 1628–1687 Charles II Mary, Lady Chudleigh 1656–1710 Jacob Tonson 1656(?)1736 ...
... John Aubrey 1626–1697 Sir Robert Howard 1626–1698 Robert Boyle 1627–1691 John Bunyan 1628–1688 William Temple 1628–1699 George Villiers,Duke ofBuckingham 1628–1687 Charles II Mary, Lady Chudleigh 1656–1710 Jacob Tonson 1656(?)1736 ...
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... John Dennis 1657–1734 Queen Maryof Modena 1658–1718 Henry Purcell 1658–1695 Thomas Southerne 1659–1746 Daniel Defoe ... John Vanbrugh 1664–1726 Queen Anne 1665–1714 Mary Astell 1666–1731 Jonathan Swift 1667–1745 William Congreve 1670 ...
... John Dennis 1657–1734 Queen Maryof Modena 1658–1718 Henry Purcell 1658–1695 Thomas Southerne 1659–1746 Daniel Defoe ... John Vanbrugh 1664–1726 Queen Anne 1665–1714 Mary Astell 1666–1731 Jonathan Swift 1667–1745 William Congreve 1670 ...
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... John Wilkes 1727–1797 Oliver Goldsmith 1728–1774 Edmund Burke 1729–1797 Thomas Percy 1729–1811 William Cowper 1731–1800 Charles Churchill 1731–1764 James Macpherson 1736–1796 Edward Gibbon 1737–1794 Thomas Paine 1737–1809 George III ...
... John Wilkes 1727–1797 Oliver Goldsmith 1728–1774 Edmund Burke 1729–1797 Thomas Percy 1729–1811 William Cowper 1731–1800 Charles Churchill 1731–1764 James Macpherson 1736–1796 Edward Gibbon 1737–1794 Thomas Paine 1737–1809 George III ...
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... John Wesley. Intheir portraitsofBritain inthe1730s and 1740s, William Hogarth, JohnGay, and Alexander Pope have leftpowerful images ofacorrupt and vicious society. 1 Perhaps thisisthe dark underbelly ofany age, andmore ...
... John Wesley. Intheir portraitsofBritain inthe1730s and 1740s, William Hogarth, JohnGay, and Alexander Pope have leftpowerful images ofacorrupt and vicious society. 1 Perhaps thisisthe dark underbelly ofany age, andmore ...
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... John Churchill changed sides– and helost confidence, paralyzedby indecision and nosebleeds:afterone botched attempt atflight, James left for France on 23December. The Glorious Revolution was a moment of political unity in late December ...
... John Churchill changed sides– and helost confidence, paralyzedby indecision and nosebleeds:afterone botched attempt atflight, James left for France on 23December. The Glorious Revolution was a moment of political unity in late December ...
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