British Literature 1640-1789 by Robert Demaria
This second edition of this successful anthology continues to challenge the boundaries of eighteenth-century literary study whilst thorough revisions make it even more useful to teachers and students. Changes for the second edition include: Dryden's major political poem, "Absalom and Achitophel" is now included, as is Aphra Behn's "The Golden Age". Restoration drama is newly represented in Congreve's "The Way of the World". Four key books (Books 1-2 and 9-10) of Milton's "Paradise Lost" are included instead of the full 12-book version. At the same time, the features that made the anthology appealing in its first edition have been retained.The exceptional historical range of the texts, which span the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, and the inclusion of women writers have made this the anthology of choice for many courses. Alongside the extensive representation of canonical texts, many reprinted in their entirety from earliest recoverable versions, DeMaria offers a selection of the literature of private and public life - court reports, letters, political ballads, and broadsides - illuminating the historical and cultural contexts in which the literary works were created.
Robert DeMaria Jr. is Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College. He is the editor of British Literature 1640-1789: A Critical Reader (Blackwell Publishers, 1999) which accompanies this anthology and the author of The Life of Samuel Johnson (Blackwell Publishers, 1993) in the Critical Biography series, and of several other books, including Johnson's Dictionary and the Language of Learning (1986).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780631217695 |
| ISBN 10 | 063121769X |
| Title | British Literature 1640-1789 |
| Author | Robert Demaria |
| Series | Blackwell Anthologies |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-06-22 |
| Number of pages | 976 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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