Restoration Transposed - Poetry, Place and History, 1660-1700

Countering stereotypes of Restoration poetry as the topical preoccupations of elite London-based men, this book demonstrates how the period established English as a historically-conscious and diverse global literature. Appealing to scholars and students of early modern, long eighteenth-century literature, eco-criticism and women's literature.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The Spenser problem; 2. Poetry and restoration Ireland; 3. Poetical plants and leafy landscapes; Conclusion: transposing the restoration.

About the author

Gillian Wright is Reader in English and Irish Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of Producing Women's Poetry, 1600–1730 (Cambridge, 2013) and is a General Editor of the AHRC-funded Cambridge edition of The Works of Aphra Behn, for which she is editing Behn's poetry.

Summary

Countering stereotypes of Restoration poetry as the topical preoccupations of elite London-based men, this book demonstrates how the period established English as a historically-conscious and diverse global literature. Appealing to scholars and students of early modern, long eighteenth-century literature, eco-criticism and women's literature.

Product details

• Authors: Gillian Wright, Gillian (University of Birmingham) Wright, Wright Gillian
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781108713757
• ISBN: 978-1-108-71375-7
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; c 1500 onwards to present day, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: poetry and poets