THE SENSATIONAL RESTORATION

Jensen, H. James, Editor

ISBN 10: 0253210593 / ISBN 13: 9780253210593

Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1996

About this Item

A representative selection of the thought and literature of the English Restoration of the mid-to-late 17th Century, including excerpts from Hobbes' "Leviathan;" Charleton's "The Ephesian Matron;" Etherege's "The Man of Mode;" Wycherly's "The Plain Dealer;" and poetry from Dryden, Sackville, Sedley and Wilmot; some underlining in pencil in the editor's introduction and early in the excerpts from Hobbes, o/w text is clean, tight, square; pictorial wrappers show minimal surface and edgewear. Makes a decent reading or study copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE SENSATIONAL RESTORATION
• Publisher: Indiana University Press, Bloomington
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253210593
• ISBN 13: 9780253210593
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Drama/Theater
  • Fine Literature
  • England

About this title

Synopsis

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 ĀLeviathan and includes Behn’s ĀThe Rover, Wycherley’s ĀThe Plain Dealer, Shadwell’s ĀThe Virtuoso, and many other selections—all introduced and annotated by James Jensen.

About the Author

H. JAMES JENSEN is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. He is the author of A Glossary of John Dryden's Critical Terms and The Muses' Concord.