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Informationen zum Autor Robert DeMaria, Jr is the Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English Literature at Vassar College, USA. He is the General Editor of the Yale edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson , and editor of the Johnsonian News Letter . He is the author of numerous books including The Life of Samuel Johnson (Wiley Blackwell, 1993), and Samuel Johnson and the Life of Reading (1997); and is the editor of British Literature 1640-1789: A Critical Reader (1998), Classical Literature and Its Reception: An Anthology (with Robert D. Brown, 2007), and A Companion to British Literature in four volumes (with Heesok Chang and Samantha Zacher, 2014), all published by Wiley Blackwell. Klappentext Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology brings together an exceptional range of literature, including many works by women writers of the period, selections of literature from private and public life, and sources from letters to political ballads. Maintaining the volume's enduring commitment to what were once referred to as 'marginal' authors, the new edition also strengthens its coverage of canonical writings of the period, adding works by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, and Samuel Johnson. The fourth edition has been significantly updated throughout, with revised introductions taking recent critical works and editions into account. In addition to expanding canonical writings, the anthology now contains four full plays, with Aphra Behn's The Rover and John Gay's Beggar's Opera having been added to this edition. There is also coverage of the development of British literature in the American colonies through the inclusion of a selection from Samson Occom and the Declaration of Independence. These works continue the anthology's original commitment to viewing the literary works of the period within their cultural context. Valuable student resources include a chronology of literary as well as political events to help guide readers with the broad and deep selection of works from this period. Zusammenfassung Spanning the period from the British Civil War to the French Revolution, the fourth edition of this successful anthology increases its coverage of canonical writings, plays, and of the development of British Literature in the American colonies. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Authors xvii Chronology xix Thematic Table of Contents xxvi Introduction xxxvi Editorial Principles xlv Preface to the Fourth Edition xlvii Acknowledgments xlix Ballads and Newsbooks from the Civil War (1640-1649) 1 The World is Turned Upside Down (1646) 1 The King's Last farewell to the World, or The Dead King's Living Meditations, at the approach of Death denounced against Him (1649) 3 The Royal Health to the Rising Sun (1649) 6 from A Perfect Diurnal of Some Passages in Parliament (1649) 7 Number 288, 29 January-5 February 1649 7 from Mercurius Pragmaticus (1649) 8 Number 43, 30 January-6 February 1649 8 Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) 10 from Leviathan (1651) 10 Chapter XIII: Of the NATURAL CONDITION of Mankind, as concerning their Felicity, and Misery 10 Robert Herrick (1591-1674) 14 from Hesperides (1648) 14 The Argument of His Book 14 To Daffodils 15 The Night-piece, to Julia 15 The Hock-Cart, or Harvest Home 16 Upon Julia's Clothes 17 When he would have his verses read 18 Delight in Disorder 18 To the Virgins, to make much of Time 18 His Return to London 19 The Bad Season Makes the Poet Sad 19 The Pillar of Fame 20 John Milton (1608-1674) 21 from The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce; Restored to the Good of Both Sexes, From the bondage of Canon Law, and other mistak...
