The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1650-1740

By: Steven Zwicker

Book Overview

This volume offers an account of English literary culture in one of its most volatile and politically engaged moments. From the work of Milton and Marvell in the 1650s and 1660s through the brilliant careers of Dryden, Rochester, and Behn, Locke and Astell, Swift and Defoe, Pope and Montagu, the pressures and extremes of social, political, and sexual experience are everywhere reflected in literary texts: in the daring lyrics and intricate political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521564883
• ISBN13: 9780521564885
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"