A survey of Restoration poetry, from the forms in which it was disseminated to studies of important texts. This book explores the complex ways in which authors,

An innovative account of the literary Restoration that stresses its diversity, historical self-awareness, and openness to new voices.

'If I by miracle can be This livelong minute true to thee 'Tis all that heav'n allows.' The Earl of Rochester was England's first celebrity poet, a byword for t

Rochester's scandalous reputation belies the variety and sophistication of his love poems and satires. This new, modern-spelling edition is the most textually u

Essays by leading scholars explore the work, life and times of the notorious libertine poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.