THE SENSATIONAL RESTORATION
Language: English
Published by Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1996
- First Edition
- Softcover
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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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- Title
- THE SENSATIONAL RESTORATION
- Author
- Jensen, H. James, Editor
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press, Bloomington
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Good Plus to Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0253210593
- ISBN 13
- 9780253210593
- Edition
- First Printing, First Paperback Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Drama/Theater, England, Fine Literature
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 ÂLeviathan and includes Behn’s ÂThe Rover, Wycherley’s ÂThe Plain Dealer, Shadwell’s ÂThe Virtuoso, and many other selections—all introduced and annotated by James Jensen.
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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.
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