Alexander Pope was the greatest poet of his age and the dominant influence on eighteenth-century British poetry. His large oeuvre, written over a thirty-year pe

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 th

This book analyzes major premises and practices of eighteenth-century English poets.

This volume provides essays by twenty-nine leading scholars and critics on the best English poets from Chaucer to Larkin.

London has provided the setting and inspiration for a host of literary works in English, from canonical masterpieces to the popular and ephemeral. Drawing upon