This revisionist study of Restoration literature and culture demonstrates how important the decades between 1660 and 1700 were in transforming, enlarging and diversifying English-language poetry. Wright challenges the longstanding narrative of Restoration poetry as a male, urban…
"The satire 'Timon', attributed to the earl of Rochester and probably written in 1674, exemplifies much that is generally thought to be typical of Restoration poetry.2 Densely packed with cultural allusions and expectations, it is preoccupied with money, sex, eating and drinking…
"This revisionist study of Restoration literature and culture demonstrates how important the decades between 1660 and 1700 were in transforming, enlarging and diversifying English-language poetry. Wright challenges the long-standing narrative of Restoration poetry as a male, urb…
"The satire 'Timon', attributed to the earl of Rochester and probably written in 1674, exemplifies much that is generally thought to be typical of Restoration poetry.2 Densely packed with cultural allusions and expectations, it is preoccupied with money, sex, eating and drinking…
"The satire 'Timon', attributed to the earl of Rochester and probably written in 1674, exemplifies much that is generally thought to be typical of Restoration poetry.2 Densely packed with cultural allusions and expectations, it is preoccupied with money, sex, eating and drinking…
This revisionist study of Restoration literature and culture demonstrates how important the decades between 1660 and 1700 were in transforming, enlarging and diversifying English-language poetry. Wright challenges the longstanding narrative of Restoration poetry as a male, urban…
This revisionist study of Restoration literature and culture demonstrates how important the decades between 1660 and 1700 were in transforming, enlarging and diversifying English-language poetry. Wright challenges the longstanding narrative of Restoration poetry as a male, urban…
"The satire 'Timon', attributed to the earl of Rochester and probably written in 1674, exemplifies much that is generally thought to be typical of Restoration poetry. Densely packed with cultural allusions and expectations, it is preoccupied with money, sex, eating and drinking,…
Who were early modern chaplains and what did they do? Chaplains are well known to have been pivotal figures within early modern England, their activities ranging from more conventionally religious roles (conducting church services, offering spiritual advice and instruction) to a…
The aim of this thesis is to provide an annotated edition of the manuscript poetry of William Browne of Tavistock. Apart from The Inner Temple Masque, and the facsimile edition of Britannias Pastorals Books I-II published by Scolar in 1969, Browne's poetry has not been edited si…