The Sensational RestorationH. James Jensen Indiana University Press, 1996 - 450 pages English Restoration writing, known for its skeptical libertinism, addressed social mores, the arts, economics, politics, cynicism, religion, philosophy, and youth, class, and gender. The anthology begins with excerpts from Hobbes's Leviathan and includes Behn's The Rover, Wycherley's The Plain Dealer, Shadwell's The Virtuoso, and many other selections--all introduced and annotated by James Jensen. |
Contents
Sir Walter Charleton The Ephesian Matron | 42 |
Poems | 79 |
Sir George Etherege The Man of Mode | 141 |
William Wycherley The Plain Dealer | 181 |
Aphra Behn The Rover | 283 |
Thomas Shadwell The Virtuoso | 365 |
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