Making of Restoration Poetry

by Paul Hammond

A survey of Restoration poetry, from the forms in which it was disseminated to studies of important texts.

This book explores the complex ways in which authors, publishers, and readers contributed to the making of Restoration poetry. The essays in Part I map some principal aspects of Restoration poetic culture: how poetic canons were established through both print and manuscript; how censorship operated within the manuscript transmission of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184384074X
• ISBN13: 9781843840749
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"