Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

This is Volume VI of nine in collection on Historical Sociology. Originally published in 1948, volume includes the writings of John Dryden, Alexander Pope and Joseph Addison from 1660 to 1744.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Building on the strength of Keith Walker’s acclaimed ThePoems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholarNicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated editionof the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. Includes the text of Lucina’s Rape, Rochester’sadaptation of Fletcher’s revenge tragedy Valentinian,in a text that readily identifies Rochester’s revisions Presents the poems in versions that were current duringRochester’s lifetime, allowing the reader to experience thepoems as Rochester’s contemporaries did Incorporates insights and discoveries made over the lasttwenty-five years and texts of manuscripts that previously wereunavailable for study