This concise collection of poetry from 1660-1789 offers readers authoritative texts of the central works of the age.
- Provides readers with authoritative texts of key poems from 1660-1789.
- Focuses on those works most widely taught at schools and universities.
- Offers students an accessible digest of the poetry of the period.
- Demonstrates the range of poetry written between the restoration of the monarchy and the beginnings of the Romantic movement.
Series Editor's Preface.
Introduction: Duncan Wu.
1. John Milton (1608-1674):.
Paradise Lost.
Book I.
Book Ii.
2. John Dryden (1631-1700): Absalom And Achitophel:.
A Poem To The Memory Of Mr Oldham.
A Song For St Cecilia’s Day.
3. John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester (1647-1680):.
The Imperfect Enjoyment.
A Satyr Against Reason And Mankind.
The Disabled Debauchee.
Lampoon [On The Women About Town].
Signior Dildo.
A Satyr On Charles Ii.
A Letter From Artemiza In The Town To Chloe In The Country.
A Ramble In Saint James’s Park.
Song (‘Fair Cloris In A Pigsty Lay’).
A Song (‘Absent From Thee I Languish Still&alS
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