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The Restoration and Eighteenth Century

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  • © 1989
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Editors:
  1. Ian McGowan
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Part of the book series: Anthologies of English Literature (AEL)

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Table of contents (43 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Samuel Butler

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 1-7

  3. John Aubrey

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 8-9

  4. John Bunyan

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 10-17

  5. John Dryden

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 18-66

  6. Samuel Pepys

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 67-71

  7. Thomas Sprat

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 72-75

  8. John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 76-82

  9. William Dampier

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 83-84

  10. Daniel Defoe

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 85-97

  11. Jonathan Swift

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 98-155

  12. William Congreve

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 156-165

  13. Colley Cibber

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 166-170

  14. Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 171-186

  15. John Gay

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 187-204

  16. Alexander Pope

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 205-255

  17. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 256-268

  18. Samuel Richardson

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 269-278

  19. Philip Dormer Stanhope, Fourth Earl of Chesterfield

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 279-286

  20. James Thomson

    • Ian McGowan
    Pages 287-294
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The selection of writing in this anthology brings alive the excitement, wit and exuberance of the Restoration and eighteenth century. The variety of genres in this period is vividly illustrated, from the fiction of Defoe and Fielding to the satires of Dryden and Pope and the comedies of Congreve and Sheridan. Major figures such as Swift and Johnson are generously represented, while letters and diaries - including those of women writers such as Fanny Burney and Lady Mary Wortley Montague - provide an entertaining social background. This volume provides a detailed literary picture of society in a period of change, and a vivid portrayal of this intriguing age.

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