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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An Anthology Paul Hammond. Nor let false friends seduce thy mind to fame By arrogating Jonson's hostile name : Let father Flecknoe fire thy mind with praise , And uncle Ogilby thy envy raise . Thou art my blood , where Jonson has no part ...
An Anthology Paul Hammond. Nor let false friends seduce thy mind to fame By arrogating Jonson's hostile name : Let father Flecknoe fire thy mind with praise , And uncle Ogilby thy envy raise . Thou art my blood , where Jonson has no part ...
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... mind decayed , Obeyed the summons with a cheerful face , Made haste to welcome death , and met him half the race ... mind , Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wander'st in ...
... mind decayed , Obeyed the summons with a cheerful face , Made haste to welcome death , and met him half the race ... mind , Whose cause and cure thou never hop'st to find ; But still uncertain , with thyself at strife , Thou wander'st in ...
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... mind : the metaphor is from the bias in a bowl : the mind is not bent out of its proper course by the passions , but instead the passions bend to the mind's direction . owned avarice withstands : i.e. resists open and acknowledged ...
... mind : the metaphor is from the bias in a bowl : the mind is not bent out of its proper course by the passions , but instead the passions bend to the mind's direction . owned avarice withstands : i.e. resists open and acknowledged ...
Contents
POLITICS AND NATION | 3 |
The Return of Charles II from the Diary | 18 |
From Last Instructions to a Painter | 32 |
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